Group Exhibition “I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now”
グループ展「I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now」
Dates: May 24 – September 7, 2025
Opening: May 23, 2025, 7 pm
Venue: Fotografie Forum Frankfurt (Braubachstraße 30–32, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Curators: Lesley A. Martin, Takeuchi Mariko, Pauline Vermare
Organized by Aperture in collaboration with the Rencontres d’Arles
Overview
ドイツ・フランクフルトのFotografie Forum Frankfurtにて、「I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now」が開催されました。会期は2025年5月24日から9月7日まで。巡回展のなかで、ドイツ唯一の会場です。
1950年代から現在までの写真を通して、日本の写真を新たな視点から見つめ直す展覧会です。焦点となるのは、女性写真家たちと、彼女たちが日本の日常と社会に向けたまなざし。ストリート写真から現代の実験的な表現まで、幅広いテーマと多様な視覚的アプローチが特徴です。
キュレーターは、レスリー・A・マーティン、竹内万里子、ポリーヌ・ヴェルマーレの3氏。本展は写真集『I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now』（Aperture, 2024年）に関連する展覧会で、Apertureとアルル国際写真祭の共同により企画されました。会期中には、竹内万里子氏によるギャラリートークとワークショップも行われました。
本展は2024年のアルル国際写真祭に始まり、オランダに続く2つ目の巡回先がフランクフルトです。こののちイギリスを巡回し、現在はニューヨークのInternational Center of Photographyで開催されています。
小松は本展に『繁殖模倣変換器』を出品しています。
I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now was on view at Fotografie Forum Frankfurt from May 24 to September 7, 2025, as the only German venue for this world tour.
With photographs from the 1950s to the present day, the exhibition offers a new and fascinating look at Japanese photography. The focus is on women photographers and their perspective on everyday life and society in Japan. From street photography to contemporary experimentation, this exhibition is characterised by a broad range of themes, diversity and visual strategies.
Curated by Lesley A. Martin, Takeuchi Mariko and Pauline Vermare. The exhibition is produced by Aperture in partnership with the Rencontres d’Arles, with support from Kering | Women In Motion, Ishibashi Foundation, Anne Levy Charitable Trust, 1970 Japan World’s Exposition Memorial Fund, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The exhibition at Fotografie Forum Frankfurt is made possible by Japan Foundation, Seiko, the Women’s Department of the City of Frankfurt am Main and Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation.
The exhibition began at Les Rencontres d’Arles in 2024 and travelled to the Netherlands before arriving in Frankfurt. It then travelled to the United Kingdom, and is now on view at the International Center of Photography in New York.
Komatsu is exhibiting “Propagation Imitator” for this exhibition.
Installation views »I’m So Happy You Are Here. Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now« (24 May–07 September, 2025 at Fotografie Forum Frankfurt), © FFF/Esra Klein, 2026
