Five Views — Emerging Japanese Photography

Conceived by the T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL TOKYO, the exhibition Five Views – Emerging Japanese Photography brings together the artists THE COPY TRAVELERS, Kenji Chiga, Mayumi Suzuki, Eri Minamikawa and Shohei Miyachi. Through unique approaches, each explores the relationships between image, memory, identity, body, family and contemporary Japanese society.

; Credits : © ERI MINAMIKAWA : FROM GARDENING

The works presented address topics such as the memory of the 2011 disaster, landscape transformations, changes in the family unit, social structures, and the mechanisms of image reproduction. Together, they create a sensitive and multifaceted portrait of contemporary Japan while highlighting new directions in Japanese photography.

; Credits : ©THE COPY TRAVELERS : TCT-MARU (THE NIGHT BRONZE BILLY CAME HOME), 2024

This exhibition is organized as part of the Focus on New Japanese Photography at the Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, in partnership with the T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL TOKYO. The project is also labeled Bicentennial of Photography by the Ministry of Culture and is part of the official program celebrating 200 years of photography.

; Credits : © MAYUMI SUZUKI : The Tide’s Gift: Tracing the Memories of Onagawa, 2024

Two lectures will accompany the exhibition:

- "Shifting Perspectives. Japanese photography from the post-war era to the present day " (October 6, 2026) will trace the major evolutions of the medium through a dialogue between the exhibition curator, Miho Odaka, and Héloïse Conésa, curator at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

- "NEW TALENTS - Views from a new generation " (November 12, 2026), will bring together the photographers from the exhibition as well as Mutsuko Ota, director of the T3 NEW TALENT program.

; Credits : © KENJI CHIGA : FROM HIJACK GENI