Shōmei Tōmatsu
(1930-2012)
Shōmei Tōmatsu (東松 照明) was a Japanese photographer. He is known primarily for his images that depict the impact of World War II on Japan and the subsequent occupation of U.S. forces. As one of the leading postwar photographers, Tōmatsu is attributed with influencing the younger generations of photographers including those associated with the magazine Provoke (Takuma Nakahira and Daido Moriyama).
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The haunting remnants of the atomic bomb’s impact on Nagasaki, blending deformed objects and intimate portraits of survivors to reflect on themes of trauma, resilience, and the impermanence of life.
Books
Nagasaki 11.02 August 9, 1945
(Shinchosha, 1995)
Shōmei Tōmatsu photographs 1951-2000
Shomei Tomatsu (Phaidon 55s)
(Phaidon, 2001)
Shomei Tomatsu
(Fundación Mapfre, 2018)
Shomei Tomatsu: Skin of the Nation
(Yale University Press, 2004)