In the Azamino Photo Annual series at Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino, special exhibitions spotlighting the present state of photographic expression are held along with displays from The Collection of Camera and Photography of the Yokohama City. This year’s Collection show explores “visual methodologies” through photographs and moving image-related materials held by the gallery.
The principles of how the human eye views the world have long been sources of fascination. Particularly the 19th century, which saw the dawn of photography, has been an age marked by advances in research on vision, investigating how the human eye detects color and perceives three dimensions and movement.
These studies led to the development of photographic equipment, the images they produced, and viewing devices with the introduction of photography in 1839. It took a long time for films and color photography to come into practical use, but progress in photographic technology resulted in a variety of techniques for reproducing color, space, and motion, giving rise to new ways of seeing. Through Collection items such as cameras, photographs, viewing devices, and other materials related to color photography, stereopsis, and imaging technology, this exhibition delves into the relationships between human vision, photography, and imaging, as well as their development.
The color photography section features valuable materials related to Leopold Godowsky, Jr. and Leopold Mannes, the inventors of Kodachrome, the world’s first color film for practical use.