Exhibition 'Kusukazu Uraguchi - Shima no Ama' in Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography
Captivating black and white photographs of female Japanese seafood divers
Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography will be presenting Kusukazu Uraguchi. Shima no Ama, an exhibition of eighty captivating black and white photographs selected from the monumental archive of this Japanese photographer. From the mid-1950s onwards Kusukazu Uraguchi (1922-1988) devoted thirty years of his life to photographing the ama, an all-female community of Japanese fisherwomen and divers in the Shima region where he was born. His admiring gaze is a powerful testimonial to their ever-dwindling vocation. The exhibition was first shown in 2024 during the international photo festival Les Rencontres d’Arles, and has been augmented in Huis Marseille with additional photographs, a new video compilation, and recently restored vintage wooden panels.
