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‘Sensitive, sexy and surreal’: Japan’s Kyotographie festival
- Kyotographie gathers over 200 images and 100 books, marking another year of the Edge-themed festival in Kyoto.
- Daido Moriyama’s work includes a landmark 1969 Asahi Camera issue exploring news media and surveillance.
- Linder Sterling’s feminist photomontages fuse magazine culture with provocative imagery.
- Thandiwe Muriu’s Africa artist in residence uses kitenge fabrics to probe identity and empowerment.
- Fatma Hassona's Gaza portrait project is presented via an iPhone in a dark room, highlighting wartime realities.
- Ernest Cole’s House of Bondage is showcased with archival footage and photographs.
- Kyotographie expands beyond galleries with satellite exhibitions and the KG+ program.
- The festival runs until mid-May, with broader access through multiple venues.
- Kyoto’s festival lineup blends historical retrospectives with contemporary voices.
- Kyotographie reinforces photography’s social and political potential through archival and contemporary work.
- Kyotographie’s programming includes talks, workshops, and a book fair across multiple spaces.
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