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Photographers of Japanese Descent

Main Gallery

March 14 – April 3, 2008

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

YAMAWAKI, Iwao
Untitled, 1930-32
4 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1930-32

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

YAMAWAKI, Iwao
Untitled, 1930-32
4 1/2 x 3 5/16 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1930-32

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

UEDA, Shoji
Self Portrait with Gorilla Mask, 1975
17 x 14 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1982

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

UEDA, Shoji
Series of 'Sand Dunes', c.1950
14 x 11 inches
Gelatin silver print, printed 1998

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

UEDA, Shoji
My Mammy, 1950
11 x 14 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1999

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

UEDA, Shoji
Sand Dune with My Wife, c.1950
14 x 11 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1998

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

UEDA, Shoji
Mode, 1983
10 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1983

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

UEDA, Shoji
Mode (Nicole Matsuda), 1983
10 1/4 x 9 9/16 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1983

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

UEDA, Shoji
A Girl Blows a Trumpet, 1982
12 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1982

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

YAMAWAKI, Iwao
Eggs and String, 1930
6 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1930

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

HOSOE, Eikoh
Ordeal by Roses (Barakei) #15, 1961
14 1/2 x 21 7/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed before 1963

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

HOSOE, Eikoh
Ordeal by Roses (Barakei) #13, 1961
21 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed before 1963

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

HOSOE, Eikoh
Ordeal By Roses (Barakei) #34, 1962
21 x 14 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed before 1971

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

HOSOE, Eikoh
Ordeal By Roses (Barakei) #6, 1961
21 5/8 x 15 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1961

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

HOSOE, Eikoh
Ordeal By Roses (Barakei) #18, 1961
22 x 15 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1961

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

MATSUMOTO, Tosh
Untitled, c.1950
9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

MATSUMOTO, Tosh
Untitled, c.1950
6 x 9 5/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

MATSUMOTO, Tosh
Untitled, c.1950
6 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

MATSUMOTO, Tosh
Untitled, c.1950
6 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous (Tokyo Archive)
New York City News Vendors, 1920's
11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1920's

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous (Tokyo Archive)
Parisian café, late 1920's
8 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed late 1920's

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous (Tokyo Archive)
Paris view, 1920's
11 3/4 x 9 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1920's

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous (Tokyo Archive)
View of Tokyo or Sendai, 1920
11 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1920's

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

TODA
Stairwel, 1930's
11 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1930's

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

YAMAWAKI, Iwao
Untitled, c. 1930-32
4 3/8 x 3 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1930-32

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous (Tokyo Archive)
Marquee Announcing Charlie Chaplin's City Lights, 1920's
9 3/8 x 12 inches
Gelatin silver print; print 1920's

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

TODA
Untitled, 1930's
11 1/2 x 9 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1930's

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

TODA
Untitled, 1939
9 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1939

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous
Untitled, 1920's
5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed late 1920's

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

HIROGANE, Yoshiro
Untitled, 1920's
6 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1920's

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous (Tokyo Archive)
Untitled, 1920's
7 x 9 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1920's

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Anonymous (Tokyo Archive)
Untitled, 1920's
11 1/2 x 9 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1920's

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

MATSUMOTO, Tosh
Untitled, c.1950
7 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

MATSUMOTO, Tosh
Untitled, c.1950
6 x 9 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

YAMAWAKI, Iwao
Untitled, 1930-33
9 x 6 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1930-33

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

YAMAWAKI, Iwao
Bauhaus Kitchen, c. 1930-32
10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1930-32

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Untitled, c.2006
3 1/4 x 3 inches
Unique Polaroid

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Untitled, c.2006
3 1/4 x 3 inches
Unique Polaroid

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Untitled, c.2006
3 1/4 x 3 inches
Unique Polaroid

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Untitled, c.2006
|3 1/4 x 3 inches
Unique Polaroid

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Untitled, c.2006
3 1/4 x 3 inches
Unique Polaroid

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Untitled, c.2006
3 1/4 x 3 inches
Unique Polaroid

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Untitled, c.2006
3 1/4 x 3 inches
Unique Polaroid

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Untitled, c.2006
3 1/4 x 3 inches
Unique Polaroid

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Untitled, c.2006
3 1/4 x 3 inches
Unique Polaroid

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

IZU, Kenro
Taksan #131, Bhutan, 2003
36 x 52 inches
Platinum palladium print

Photographers of Japanese Descent 2008 Howard Greenberg Gallery

ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Suicide in Tokyo, 2002
40 x 30 inches
Chromogenic print; printed 2006

Press Release

As a participant in Asia Week in New York City, Howard Greenberg Gallery is pleased to present Photographers of Japanese Descent.  The exhibition will feature works made throughout the twentieth century, encompassing a broad range of thematic, stylistic and aesthetic concerns. Since its inception, the gallery has shown a commitment to Japanese photographers and has exhibited their works in a range of contexts. This exhibition brings together works by many of these artists, providing an opportunity to view the diverse visual journeys that were explored by Japanese photographers over the past 75 years.