Tokihiro Satō

__NOTOC__Nihongo|Tokihiro Satō|佐藤時啓|Satō Tokihiro is a photographer, born in Sakata, Yamagata (Japan) in 1957. Satō is best known for his unique expressions of light and space and interpretations of performance and dance. Receiving his MFA and BFA in Music and Fine Arts from Tokyo National University in 1981, Satō was originally a trained sculptor, but decided to go with photography to better communicate his ideas.

Recognized for his playful interaction of light, Satō uses a large-format camera set for long exposures that last from one to three hours, while he dances through the described space creating points of light or illuminated lines drawn with flashlights or flashes made by reflecting mirrors. The end results with detailed photographs interrupted by patterns of light. [See for example "Breathgraph, No. 87" in Tucker et al., "History," 288—9.] And because of the long exposures, Satō’s movements across the scene remain undetectable by the camera. So the photograph captures his presence but not his image.

Satō’s photographs are held throughout the world in public and private museums including the Museum of Modern Art (Saitama, Japan); Hara Museum of Art (Tokyo), Queensland Art Gallery (Brisbane, Australia),Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. ["Japanese Photography: Form In/Out" 3, p. 119.]

Book

*"Hikari–kokyū" (光―呼吸) / "Photo–Respiration." Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan, 1997. ISBN 4-568-12060-8

Notes

References

*ja icon "Gendai shashin no keifu II" (現代写真の系譜II) / "History of Modern Photos II." Nikon Salon Books 28. Tokyo: Nikon, Nikkor Club, 2001. Pp. 90–92. In Japanese only, despite the alternative English-language title.
*"Nihon no shashin: Uchi naru katachi, soto naru katachi." 3: "Gendai no keshiki, 1980–95" (日本の写真：内なるかたち・外なるかたち 第3部：現代の1980～95) / "Japanese Photography: Form In/Out." 3: "Contemporary Scenery, 1980–90." Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 1996. Exhibition catalogue, texts and captions in Japanese and English.
*ja icon "Nihon shashinka jiten" (『日本写真家事典』) / "328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers." Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. P. 156. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite its alternative title in English, the text is all in Japanese.
*Tucker, Anne Wilkes, et al. "The History of Japanese Photography." New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-300-09925-8.

External links

*" [http://photoarts.com/gallery/SATO/satoexh.html Breathing light] ": examples of Satō's work.
*Ono, Philbert. [http://photojpn.org/books/theme/tokihiro.html Review of "Photo-Respiration"] . Photoguide Japan.
*Ono, Philbert. " [http://photojpn.org/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=186 Satoh Tokihiro] ". Photoguide Japan.
* [http://www.tonkonow.com/sato.html www.tonkonow.com/sato.html] - more recent examples of his work (unusable without plugin)