Ishiuchi Miyako

[JohnBeeching]

I have an interest in Japanese culture: cinema, art, photography, food, etc., but this is the first time I have encountered Miyako. In this interview she comes across as a fascinating, yet modest woman, and most importantly as an excellent photographer. Well worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qdCNE0dHGQ

 

[Nitroplait]

You may be interested in this interview from NHK World then:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2043053/

 

[robert blu]

Thanks for both link I'll watch in the afternoon (lunch time here!).

it's always inmteresting to know work of othe photographers, even more when they belong to a different cultural milieu.

 

[Wouter2]

A treat, thanks.

I have an interest in Japanese culture: cinema, art, photography, food, etc., but this is the first time I have encountered Miyako. In this interview she comes across as a fascinating, yet modest woman, and most importantly as an excellent photographer. Well worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qdCNE0dHGQ

 

[robert blu]

I watched twice both the inteviews, interesting and inspiring.

A few points I noticed which in my view are important:

She never studied photography but met and spent time with important experienced photographers, as Tomatsu, Araki, Moriyama and Fukase. It's important to meet and discuss things with other people who have a vision.

She used a good camera in a simple way but paying extreme attentoin to the light. And to the shadow (lasy part of the NHK video).

And not less important is her involvement in what she was doing " a photograph is not a documentation, is a creation" .

A great photographer I didn't know thanks for the link.

Now I want, I need a book of her 🙂

 

[charjohncarter]

Thanks for the introduction to Ishiuchi Miyako. I been through her work: wonderful. The video shows a glimpse into to motivation.

 

[zleica]

Thank you both for the link!

 

[robert blu]

From another short interview with her.

"Photographs appear differently depending on time and place where you look at them"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qopziSZ-z2A

 

[charjohncarter]

Thanks Robert ^^^^.

 

[Deleted member 65559]

Darkroom

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Thank you John. I particularly enjoyed all the comments about the darkroom

 

[Faintandfuzzy]

Thanks for sharing this.