1901–1983 · United States · Photographer
Lisette Model
Frank, close-up street portraits with a blunt humanism.
Promenade des Anglais, 1934Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1913–2000 · JAPAN
Shoji Ueda
Staged, surreal figures arranged on the Tottori sand dunes.
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 2000
- Country
- Japan
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1949Sand Dune series
- 1971Warabe Goyomi (Children the Year Round)
WHY THEY MATTER
The Ueda Shoji Museum of Photography opened in 1995; his work gained international renown from the 1970s.
THE LIFE
Ueda was born in the port town of Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture and spent nearly his whole life in the San'in region. He became known for dreamlike black-and-white pictures of staged figures on the Tottori sand dunes, a style called Ueda-cho. His Sand Dune series first appeared in 1949, and the 1971 book Warabe Goyomi revived critical interest in his work. A museum devoted to his photography opened in 1995.
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