Composition

Composition

Hiroshi HamayaWW-1953-M042034
1953·Gelatin silver print·9 7/8 × 13 7/8" (24.9 × 35.2 cm)

Catalogue

Year
1953
Dimensions
9 7/8 × 13 7/8" (24.9 × 35.2 cm)

Artist

Hiroshi Hamaya
Hiroshi Hamaya

Photography

Hiroshi Hamaya was a Japanese photographer active from the 1930s through the 1990s, working primarily in black and white to document rural and industrial landscapes, village life, and the social transformations of postwar Japan. His practice combined documentary witness with a formal attention to light, shadow, and compositional structure that elevated photojournalism into fine art.

Tokyo, Japan

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1956 · Gelatin silver print

WW-1956-M044065

Record

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Year
1953
Dimensions
9 7/8 × 13 7/8" (24.9 × 35.2 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1953-M042034

Source

Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

Hiroshi Hamaya

Hiroshi Hamaya

Photography

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