Shomei Tomatsu

Shomei Tomatsu, born in 1930, came of age amidst the devastation of World War II in Japan. He began his photography career in 1950, becoming a sensitive observer of postwar Japan, drawing on Surrealism and Western documentary traditions. This comprehensive catalogue, the first in English, explores his fifty-year career, artistic influences, and historical context, including never-before-translated writings by Tomatsu himself.