Tokyo

1966

Not on view

This self-published book is Hyonchi Cho’s only known work. The subjects are mostly anxious young people seen on the streets in the commercial districts of Tokyo. The snapshot aesthetic, picture tiling, and dense-black gravure printing show the direct influence of Western photographers such as William Klein. A poetic epigraph, presumably by Cho, sets the spirit: "I participated. Therefore, I go insane. / Respect to the men / Battle with the men / This is the prelude."

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Provenance

Title: Tokyo
Artist: Cho Hyonchi (Japanese, born Nagoya, 1940)
Date: 1966
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Mary Ann and Frank B. Arisman, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020
Object Number: JFMPL.Arisman.2020.130
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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