Exhibition
Chotoku Tanaka Photo Exhibition "FIRST and LAST"
Commemorating the publication of the photo book "CHOTOKU TANAKA ANTHOLOGY 1964-2016"
©Chotoku Tanaka
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 - Saturday, September 20, 2025
*The gallery will be closed for the summer from August 1 to September 1, 2025.
Time: 11:00-19:00
Closed: Sundays, Mondays, and public holidays
Admission fee: Free
■Content Introduction
A photo exhibition will be held to coincide with the publication of Tanaka Chotoku's new photo book.
Tanaka has admired the work of his beloved Walker Evans ever since he came across his photo book "First and Last" during his stay in Vienna. Half a century later, Tanaka, now of the same generation as Evans, has decided to publish an anthology of his own career. This exhibition will feature monochrome works taken in Tokyo, Vienna, Prague, New York and other cities from the 1960s to the 2010s. Please enjoy this work, which can be considered the culmination of the artist's many years of photographing all over the world, in the form of precious vintage prints from that time.
*Approximately 60 monochrome works (gelatin silver prints) will be exhibited.
■The photo book will be released exclusively at Gallery Bauhaus.
■All vintage prints in this exhibition will be for sale in limited editions, however some items will not be available for sale.
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 - Saturday, September 20, 2025
*The gallery will be closed for the summer from August 1 to September 1, 2025.
Time: 11:00-19:00
Closed: Sundays, Mondays, and public holidays
Admission fee: Free
■Content Introduction
A photo exhibition will be held to coincide with the publication of Tanaka Chotoku's new photo book.
Tanaka has admired the work of his beloved Walker Evans ever since he came across his photo book "First and Last" during his stay in Vienna. Half a century later, Tanaka, now of the same generation as Evans, has decided to publish an anthology of his own career. This exhibition will feature monochrome works taken in Tokyo, Vienna, Prague, New York and other cities from the 1960s to the 2010s. Please enjoy this work, which can be considered the culmination of the artist's many years of photographing all over the world, in the form of precious vintage prints from that time.
*Approximately 60 monochrome works (gelatin silver prints) will be exhibited.
■The photo book will be released exclusively at Gallery Bauhaus.
■All vintage prints in this exhibition will be for sale in limited editions, however some items will not be available for sale.
■Artist Profile
Chotoku Tanaka
Born in Tokyo in 1947.
Graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Photography.
After working at the Japan Design Center, he became a freelance photographer.
He lived in Vienna for seven years from 1973. He participated in the traveling exhibition of Japanese photographers, "NEUE FOTOGRAFIE AUS JAPAN."
As an artist sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, he studied contemporary American photography at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York and held numerous solo exhibitions.
He has written many books, including "Praise of Famous Cameras," "Attic Prague," "LEICA, My Life," and "PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY EUROPE 1975."
Gallery Bauhaus
2-19-14 Sotokanda, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Japan
Access map
About 6 minutes walk from Ochanomizu station (JR line/Tokyo Metro Marunouchi line).