Kansai Photography Writers Portfolio 5 Mitsuyuki Takemura: City as a Capsule

This book by Mitsuyuki Takemura is a catalog photo collection published to coincide with an exhibition held at the Ginza Nikon Salon in 1991. It was published by Aim Press.

Born in Kyoto, Takemura graduated from the Japan Photography Institute, worked in the photography department at Takashimaya, and then became independent. He studied under Takeji Iwamiya and has been actively exhibiting in the Kansai region since the 1980s.

The works in this book capture the fleetingness of human relationships and the shadow-like existence of people in crowds, all while being immersed in the hustle and bustle of the city. The images of crowds during rush hour and the inorganic cityscapes reveal a dry pathos combined with a sense of the reality of human existence in the city.

This book, composed with the photographer's own text, is a record of a quiet and sharp gaze that captures the human presence wavering in the urban space. It also serves as an important document that conveys a part of photographic activities in the Kansai region.

[Title] Kansai Photography Artists Portfolio 5 Mitsuyuki Takemura: City as a Capsule
[Publisher] AIM PRESS
[Publication Date] April 16, 1991
[Page Count] 20 pages
[Size] Approx. 240*210*1mm / 85g
[Format] Softcover
[Language] Japanese
[Title Reading]
[Author/Editor, etc.] Mitsuyuki Takemura/Author
[Printing] First Printing/Printer
[ISBN] None
[Condition] Used [5] Fair (Slight damage to spine, slight fold at corner of cover)
[Accessories] None
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Mitsuyuki Takemura (Takemura, Mitsuyuki) 1945-

Born in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture in 1945. Photographer.
After graduating from the Japan Photography Institute in 1972, he worked in the Takashimaya photography department for about 10 years before becoming independent.

From 1980, he studied under Takeji Iwamiya. Since then, he has been active in the Kansai region, holding numerous solo and group exhibitions in the 1980s and 90s. He presented his works at Ginza Nikon Salon, Fuji Photo Salon, and Photo Space 24, gaining attention for series such as "Urban Fragments," "Actual Landscape," and "City as a Capsule."

He is known for his style of quietly capturing the fleetingness of human existence and the presence hidden within landscapes, with urban crowds and fragments of daily life as his subjects. He continued to present his work through publications in newspapers and magazines and participation in international exhibitions, and is one of the photographers who contributed to a trend in Kansai photography.

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