Artist
Shomei Tomatsu
1930–2012 · Japanese
Shomei Tomatsu transformed postwar Japanese photography through images of American military presence, Nagasaki, youth culture and everyday objects. His work resists a single documentary style, shifting between symbolic close-ups and social observation.
Photography
Major Works
- 1961Bottle Melted and Deformed by Atomic Bomb Heat →
- 1958–69Chewing Gum and Chocolate →
- 1961–66Nagasaki 11:02 →
- 1950s–60sSkin of the Nation →
- 1969Protest, Tokyo →
- 1960sEros →
- 1950sAmericanization →
- 1969–72Okinawa →
- 1980sPlastics →
- 1975The Pencil of the Sun →
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo