I'm So Happy You Are Here

Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now
A critical and celebratory counter-narrative to what we know of Japanese photography today.
A critical and celebratory counternarrative to what we know of Japanese photography today. 

I’m So Happy You Are Here presents a much-needed counterpoint, complement, and challenge to historical precedents and the established canon of Japanese photography. This restorative history presents a wide range of photographic approaches brought to bear on the lived experiences and perspectives of women in Japanese society. Editors Pauline Vermare and Lesley A. Martin, curator and writer Takeuchi Mariko, and photo-historians Carrie Cushman and Kelly Midori McCormick provide a critical historical and contemporary framework for understanding the work in three richly illustrated essays. Additional context is provided by an in-depth illustrated bibliography by Marc Feustel and Russet Lederman, and a selection of key critical writings from leading Japanese curators, critics, and historians such as Kasahara Michiko, Fuku Noriko, and others, many of which will be published in translation for the first time. While this book does not claim to be fully comprehensive or encyclopedic, its goal is to provide a solid foundation for a more thorough conversation about the contributions of Japanese women to photography—and an indispensable resource for anyone interested in a more robust history of Japanese photography.

Made possible in partnership with the Rencontres d’Arles and Kering.

Contributor: Pauline Vermare (Edited by), Carrie Cushman (Text by), Kelly Midori McCormick (Text by), Marc Feustel (Contributions by), Russet Lederman (Contributions by), Ishikawa Mao (Photographs by), Ishiuchi Miyako (Photographs by), Katayama Mari (Photographs by), Kawauchi Rinko (Photographs by), Komatsu Hiroko (Photographs by), Nagashima Yurie (Photographs by), Narahashi Asako (Photographs by), Ninagawa Mika (Photographs by), Nishimura Tamiko (Photographs by), Noguchi Rika (Photographs by), Nomura Sakiko (Photographs by), Okabe Momo (Photographs by), Okanoue Toshiko (Photographs by), Onodera Yuki (Photographs by), Sawada Tomoko (Photographs by), Shiga Lieko (Photographs by), Tawada Yuki (Photographs by), Tokiwa Toyoko (Photographs by), Ushioda Tokuko (Photographs by), Yamazawa Eiko (Photographs by), Yanagi Miwa (Photographs by), Watanabe Hitomi (Photographs by), Kon Michiko (Photographs by), Takeuchi Mariko (Text by), Lesley A. Martin (Edited by), Ayumi Higuchi (Designed by), Hara Mikiko (Photographs by), Sugiura Kunie (Photographs by)

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