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Japanese photographs from the Bibliothèque nationale de France: Scenes, signs, sensations
Culture · Tuesday, October 13 · 10:00 · Paris
Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand – Galerie 1, Quai François Mauriac
Free
Description: Organized as part of the bicentennial celebrations of the birth of photography, this exhibition traces, through 300 works—250 photographic prints, mostly black and white, and about fifty rare books from the BnF collections—the evolution of photographic practice in Japan over the last 80 years. The exhibition in brief: From the late 1960s, the Bibliothèque nationale de France has established itself as one of the first Western institutions to take an interest in modern and contemporary Japanese photography. Already noted for a remarkable track record...
