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Mikiko HaraJapanese Photographer · 1967–present
All works by this person →When Mikiko Hara moved from Toyama to Tokyo in the 1980s to study at Keio University and Tokyo College of Photography, she discovered that the densely populated metropolis provided obvious motifs for her work: inhabitants in the midst of ordinary activities, such as riding the subway or shopping in a convenience store. Although she uses a medium-format Zeiss Ikon Ikonta, which requires more time t
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- negative 1999; print about 2007
- Medium
- Chromogenic print
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- Japanese
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- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
Mikiko Hara adopts a snapshot style to spontaneously capture candid portraits of her young contemporaries in the streets and subways of Tokyo. The anonymous passersby in her photographs become captivating subjects that appear frozen in a dreamlike world, suspended in time and detached from the chaos of the city that surrounds them. Identifying individuals or couples amid the throngs of Tokyoites, she captures furtive glances, contemplative expressions, and private gestures on public display. These scenes, portrayed in muted tones that Hara achieves through printing in a darkroom, convey an intimacy somewhat at odds with the open spaces in which they occur.
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