Ishimoto Yasuhiro
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© Kochi Prefecture, Ishimoto Yasuhiro Photo Center

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CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Untitled
  • from the series Chicago
Date1949–1961, printed 1980–1981
PlaceChicago, Illinois, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (18.1 × 25.7 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 12 1/16 in. (25.1 × 30.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Margaret and Cole Lundquist
Object number2013.307
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionYasuhiro Ishimoto began his journey as a photographer picturing fellow Japanese Americans at an internment camp in Colorado during World War II, after which he moved to Chicago and studied with photographers Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind at the Institute of Design. During that time, Ishimoto began to photograph on the streets of Chicago. In this untitled photograph, both subject and form embody the instability of urban life: construction and destruction, substance and shadow, reality and representation. Ishimoto’s dynamic photographs of Chicago convey not only the vibrancy of the city but also the anxieties and uncertainties of the Cold War years.

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Ways of Seeing: Photography of Ishimoto Yasuhiro," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 5–September 13, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, verso, lower right: Yas Ishimoto / 1980
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: 003.241.3.06
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top edge: 8336
Signed in pencil, verso, lower right: Yas Ishimoto / 1980

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