Shomei Tomatsu
Japanese, 1930–2012
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With a career spanning over 50 years, Shomei Tomatsu is widely considered among the most influential figures in Japanese postwar photography. In an attempt to move beyond the standard idioms of war-era reportage, Tomatsu developed an expressionistic …
![Shomei Tomatsu, ‘Untitled [Naha, Okinawa], from the series Chewing Gum and Chocolate’, 1969-printed later](https://artsy-testing.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2F8fPRPp8h0mfGsJcqgXxJUg%2Flarger.jpg?auto=format&fit=clip&height=304&quality=80&width=445&s=682c9f2dcb0ec5599597398bf04223ab)
![Shomei Tomatsu, ‘Untitled [Nagoya], from the series Floods and the Japanese’, 1959-printed 1990](https://artsy-testing.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FskBlNFF9j2uWjmjo4icfig%2Flarger.jpg?auto=format&fit=clip&height=674&quality=80&width=445&s=83df15560f5601df51598b004592e074)
![Shomei Tomatsu, ‘Untitled [Sasebo], from the series Chewing Gum and Chocolate’, 1966-printed 1980](https://artsy-testing.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FRRJWmplFUJOyso-Flrr22Q%2Flarger.jpg?auto=format&fit=clip&height=287&quality=80&width=445&s=477b1eae89aa661b021b5a40d3b73b81)
![Shomei Tomatsu, ‘Untitled [Tokyo], from the series Cherry Blossoms’, 1980-printed 1992](https://artsy-testing.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FAMm29U8xuu67SCEQq6o7hQ%2Flarger.jpg?auto=format&fit=clip&height=300&quality=80&width=445&s=61b45a7d11ae0039e78b57acdaa7e1d0)
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