#83, Chicago
<p>During his four years as a student at the Institute of Design from 1948 to 1952, Yasuhiro Ishimoto developed a sustained connection with Chicago. He crisscrossed the city’s neigh-borhoods in search of subjects, recording everyday scenes and capturing poetic, humane details of urban life. Often accompanying him on these excursions was fellow student Marvin Newman, with whom he collaborated on a film, <em>The Church on Maxwell Street</em> (on view in the adjacent gallery). This photograph is one of a number that Ishimoto took of North Avenue Beach on sweltering summer days.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1950
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 20.3 × 20.3 cm (8 × 8 in.); Paper: 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Artist
Photography
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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Record
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- Yasuhiro Ishimoto
- Year
- 1950
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 20.3 × 20.3 cm (8 × 8 in.); Paper: 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1950-041290
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified