ART HIS 42C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Otto Steinert, Photorealism, Art History
22 Dec 2019
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Domon continued his monthly column despite some interruptions until 1963, publishing it in photo art after camera ceased publications in 1956. Also in 1963, domon"s sustained efforts bore fruit with the establishment of the. Japan realist photographers association chaired by tamura shigeru. Photo-realism faced a major turning point around 1954. Photo-realism movement came into existence behind the forceful, charismatic personality of domon ken. Also true that the movement strongly reflected the desire of amateur photographers to directly confront severe realities of the postwar period, as well as their distrust of the closed, salon-like character the prewar photography world. Their fresh snapshots from the first stage of realism retain their unfaded appeal even today. Likewise, the movement generated the photo documentaries that are among the most important works of postwar photography, including domon ken"s: Kimura ihee"s akita series from northern japan. In addition to photo-realism, the other major influence on the 1950s was subjective photography.
