SHOMEI TOMATSU
Skin of the Nation
2 September - 19 November 2006
Fotomuseum Winterthum www.fotomuseum.ch

foto: Shomei Tomatsu Prostitute, Nagoya, 1958, printed 2003. Gelatin silver print, 35,2 x 25,9 cm. Promised gift of Al Alcorn to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art © Shomei Tomatsu

Shomei Tomatsu takes us from traditional Japan to the Japan of economic success and shows the effects of these economic, political and cultural changes. His approach, his documentary-based, lyrical and symbolic way of seeing things influenced generations of Japanese photographers.

"Skin of the Nation" focuses on the surfaces, faces, clothes and territories that, like a map, provide information about Japan's mood and sensitivities. more foto>>>