Chihiro Minato on Japanese Photography's Transformation and the Digital Frontier
Born in 1960, Chihiro Minato pursued political science and traveled to South America in 1985, with a particular interest in Brazil and Lévi-Strauss. Since 1995, he has held a professorship at Tama Art University, where he established the Institute of Art and Anthropology. Minato received the Ina Nobuo Prize for Best Japanese Photographer and curated the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2007. In a 2009 interview, he addressed changes in Japanese photography, highlighting the emergence of female photographers and increased global mobility. He advocates for interdisciplinary collaboration and created the Field Image Analyzer software. His notable projects include capturing a relocated fountain in Rome and documenting US military installations in Okinawa, along with showcasing Masao Okabe's Hiroshima work at the Venice Biennale.
Key facts
- Chihiro Minato was born in 1960.
- He studied political science and discovered South America in 1985.
- Since 1995, he has been a professor at Tama Art University.
- He founded the Institute of Art and Anthropology at Tama Art University.
- He won the Ina Nobuo Prize for Best Japanese Photographer.
- He curated the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2007.
- He wrote a chapter on Japanese photography for Michel Frizot's New History of Photography in 1994.
- He developed Field Image Analyzer software with an AI team.
- The software analyzes pixel colors and is used by Honda.
- He works with phototypes, an archaic printing technique.
- He photographed a displaced fountain in Rome's ghetto.
- He documented US military bases on sacred sites in Okinawa.
- He presented Masao Okabe's work on Hiroshima at the Venice Biennale.
Entities
Artists
- Chihiro Minato
- Nobuyoshi Araki
- Miyako Ishiuchi
- Moriyama Daidō
- Keiichi Tahara
- Hiroshi Sugimoto
- Étienne-Jules Marey
- Walter Benjamin
- Marcel Duchamp
- Masao Okabe
Institutions
- Tama Art University
- Institute of Art and Anthropology
- Venice Biennale
- Nikon
- Minolta
- Honda
- Sony
- Canon
- artpress
Locations
- Japan
- Brazil
- South America
- France
- New York
- Berlin
- Korea
- China
- Taiwan
- Shanghai
- Tokyo
- Sendai
- Rome
- Okinawa
- Hiroshima
- Los Angeles
Sources
- artpress —