Maison de la culture du Japon in Paris Hosts "Five Views" Emerging Photography Exhibition Through November 14

Key facts

• "Five Views – La photographie émergente" runs from October 6 to November 14, 2026, at the Maison de la culture du Japon in Paris.
• The exhibition is organized by T3, a platform founded in Tokyo in 2017 that includes a salon, a talent support program, and a festival.
• It features four photographers and one collective: Eri Minamikawa, Shohei Miyachi, The Copy Travelers, Kenji Chiga, and Mayumi Suzuki.
• The artists' work is inspired by hakoniwa, or miniature gardens, to capture the essence of contemporary society.
• Eri Minamikawa, born in 1985, focuses on the ordinary and daily life, informed by her experience of femininity, marriage, and parenthood.
• Mayumi Suzuki, born in 1977, explores intimate representation, individual pain, and the memory of the 2011 tsunami that killed her parents and devastated her hometown.
• A discussion on October 6 will address major evolutions in Japanese photography, and a roundtable on November 12 will bring together the exhibited artists.
• The exhibition is free and takes place at 101Bis Quai Branly, 75015 Paris, concurrently with a BnF exhibition of 300 Japanese photographic prints and books covering 80 years.