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"Light on Paper: Traces of Light Exhibition" that was held at MIHONCHO HONTEN is now coming to Yodoyabashi MIHONCHO.

This exhibition presents the work of five photographers, Masumi Ishida, Seiji Kumagai, Rika Noguchi, Yuji Hamada and Ayaka Yamamoto. The photographers have carefully selected fine paper that harmonizes with the light from the perspective of color, stiffness, and heft. Scenes that they have captured are printed exquisitely on paper using printing technology that achieves rich gradation, depth, and vividness. Monographs made by the photographers expressly for this exhibition will also be on sale.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Experience light standing up as physical material.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Participating artists (Japanese name order)

Masumi Ishida　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Born in 1998. Held her first solo exhibition, GINGER ALE, in May 2017. Published her first monograph, Light Years, through TISSUE PAPERS in February 2018. Published her second and third monograph, everything will flow and echo, through the same publisher in August 2019 and March 2021, respectively. Held exhibition at Ichihara Lakeside Museum in Chiba Prefecture in July 2024. http://masumiishida.com/

Seiji Kumagai　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Born in Hokkaido in 1966. Lives and works in Tokyo. Graduated from Nihon Kogakuin College. Photographer, mainly creating photographic works and photo collections. Opened studio in 2020, teaching classes on color darkroom techniques and 8 x 10 cameras. Solo exhibitions include Morito de Janeiro; I Went to Bright Place; Spring, 2011; Each Little Thing; Re Form; Kokoro; and Anata. Has published many monographs. Operates Bookshop Marukuma label at: https://kumagaiseiji.buyshop.jp/

Rika Noguchi　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Born in Saitama in 1971. Lives and works in Okinawa. Graduated from the Department of Photography, College of Art, Nihon University. Began producing photographic art in university, and has been active since then throughout the world, mainly holding exhibitions. Has taken part in many international contemporary art exhibitions. Major solo exhibitions include NOGUCHI RIKA: a feeling of something happening (Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, 2001), I Dreamt of Flying: Noguchi Rika (Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004), Light Reaching the Future (Izu Photo Museum, 2011), and Small Miracles (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2022). Works held in the collections including the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, the National Museum of Art, Osaka, Guggenheim Museum, and Centre Pompidou. https://noguchirika.com/

Yuji Hamada　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1979, and raised in Nara Prefecture. Graduated from the Department of Photography, College of Art, Nihon University. Presents his art throughout the world, based in Tokyo. Constructs concepts based on the principles of photography and creates performative works rooted in the various expressive functions of photography through his own memories and coincidences. Published monographs include light there (Fragile Books, 2023), Primal Mountain (torch press, 2019), C/M/Y (Fw:Books, 2015), and photograph (lemon books, 2014). http://hamadayuji.com/

Ayaka Yamamoto　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Born in Kobe Prefecture in 1983. Graduated with a B.A. in Fine Art (oil painting) from the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art, Kyoto Seika University. Travels to unfamiliar countries and regions, photographing young women encountered there, attempting to capture in her photography the memory of those places that lies within their bodies, and the emptiness of the human body. Recent exhibitions include Memories Penetrate the Ground and Permeate the Wind—Contemporary Japanese Photography Vol. 18 (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2021) and the solo exhibition We are Made of Grass, Soil, Trees, and Flowers (Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, 2021). Received the Photo City Sagamihara newcomer award in 2018. https://ayakayamamoto.com/