98-35-0036, Tokyo
1998 · Gelatin silver print
Image: 20.2 × 28.4 cm (8 × 11 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.8 cm (11 × 14 1/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Japanese-American, 1921
San Francisco, CA, USA
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7
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347
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391
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New Japanese Photography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1974
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Edward Steichen Photography Center
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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Diogenes with a Camera V
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1961
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Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960–1961
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Photographs from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1958–1959
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Yasuhiro Ishimoto was a Japanese photographer who shaped the visual language of postwar documentary and architectural photography. Working primarily in black and white, he combined precise compositional geometry with an acute sensitivity to light and shadow, creating images that ranged from industrial landscapes to intimate street studies. His work bridged Japanese and American photographic traditions, influencing how modernist form was understood through the camera lens.
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