daikanyama photo fair

一般社団法人日本芸術写真協会(FAPA)は来たる2017年9月、第四回目となる「代官山フォトフェア」を開催します。開催当初より当フェアに賛同してきたギャラリー、書店・出版社に加え、芸術写真の世界を牽引する出展者が国内外から集います。今年度は「写真とは何か」という根源的な問いに立ち戻り、「写真×X」を軸に、様々な分野で活躍する専門家とともに写真のあらゆる側面を読み解きます。同時に国内外から写真家、評論家、美術館キュレーターを招聘し、現在進行形で取り組まれている試みの数々から芸術写真の一歩先を創造します。同時開催される展覧会は、現代美術作家、奈良美智がてがける写真を通し、写真というメディウムが表出しうる作品世界を紹介する試みとなります。ぜひこの機会に、写真を介して交差する眼差しが紡ぎだす問い、そこから見える芸術写真の未来をご高覧ください。

In September 2017, the Fine-Art Photography Association (FAPA) will hold the fourth Daikanyama Photo Fair. Galleries, bookstores, and publishers that have supported the fair since its inception are joined by other leading figures in fine art photography, including many from outside Japan. This year, the fair returns to the fundamental issue of “What is photography?” and looks closely at many different aspects of photography in conjunction with experts in a variety of areas, adopting “Photography × X” themes. Public programs include domestic and international photographers, critics, and curators from art museums talking about current initiatives and experiments in an attempt to take fine art photography another step forward. Alongside the fair, an exhibition featuring photography by contemporary artist Yoshitomo Nara introduces the world of his artworks as revealed through the medium of photography.

FAPA is delighted to present this marvelous opportunity to consider the questions produced by the intermingling of diverse gazes through photography, and to contemplate the future of fine art photography that those questions make visible.

©Risaku Suzuki 2017