Since 2002, the annual Contemporary Japanese Photography exhibition has aimed to not only to encourage the pursuit and challenge of new photography and videography, but it has also offered a space ...

I’ve even had Japanese people ask before they “share” photos I’ve posted on my own private Facebook page. This is good policy and avoids confusion or hard feelings down the road. I’ve also seen ...

In the late 1950s, after having studied law and while pursuing a masters degree in art history, Ikko Narahara took two series of images that depicted groups of people at the extreme edges of society.

Acclaimed Japanese contemporary photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto has been taking and creating photographs for 48 years now and is still bemused by the trust people continue to place in the camera.

A photograph in the collection themed “SMILE, Make The World Happy” by Ba Han will be exhibited in Japan this November. Two sets of photographs themed “SMILE, Make The World Happy” by Ba Han and “The ...

Older black-and-white photos do not show Japanese people posing with the famous sign. Several stories exist to explain how the gesture gained popularity in Japanese society.