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          The work of Shomei Tomatsu (–) covers more than six decades of Japanese history..

          Shōmei Tōmatsu

          Japanese photographer

          Shōmei Tōmatsu (東松 照明, Tōmatsu Shōmei, January 16, 1930 – December 14, 2012)[1] was a Japanese photographer.[2] He is known primarily for his images that depict the impact of World War II on Japan and the subsequent occupation of U.S.

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          Shomei Tomatsu ( – ) played a central role in the photography agency Vivo.

        1. He created the influential agency of photographers VIVO, along with Ikko Narahara, Eikoh Hosoe, Akira Tanno, Kikuji Kawada and Akira Sato; and was the first.
        2. The work of Shomei Tomatsu (–) covers more than six decades of Japanese history.
        3. Photographer Shomei Tomatsu bears witness to the traumatic transformation of postwar Japan from bombed-out wreck to modern, Westernized society.
        4. An Inquiry into the Artistic Practice of Shomei Tomatsu.

          5. 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).[3][4][5]

          Biography

          Youth

          Tōmatsu was born in Nagoya in 1930.

          As an adolescent during World War II, he was mobilized to support Japan's war effort. Like many Japanese students his age, he was sent to work at a steel factory and underwent incessant conditioning intended to instill fear and hatred towards the British and Americans.[6] Once the war ended and Allied troops took over numerous Japanese cities, Tōma