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- Takashi Arai (born June 5, 1978) is a Japanese photographer/visual artist who is well known for his unique practice in contemporary daguerreotype. He is based in Kawasaki & Tono, Japan.
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Takashi Arai (born June 5, 1978) is a Japanese photographer/visual artist who is well known for his unique practice in contemporary daguerreotype. He is based in Kawasaki & Tono, Japan. Arai started University as a student of biology, and encountered photography for the first time there.
Takashi Arai is one of only few photographers who capture images using the daguerreotype, one of the oldest photographic techniques. Arai came across the technique while researching the origins of photography.
TAKASHI ARAI STUDIO – Takashi Arai is a Japanese visual artist based in Yokohama. Skip to main content. Toggle navigation. PROJECTS. Daily D-type Project. BLOG. BIBLIOGRAPHY. ABOUT. Back. Tomorrow’s History. EXPOSED IN A HUNDRED SUNS. Here and There - Tomorrow's Islands. 49 PUMPKINS. Installation views. Lights, water, conglomerate. Studies.
Takashi Arai (b. 1978, Kawasaki, Japan), first encountered photography while studying biology at university in Tokyo. He writes, 'I was initially interested in the history of cinema. I began by studying the Lumière brothers. I then became interested in the origins of photographic processes.
Over a decade ago, Takashi Arai decided he wanted to work chronologically through the historical techniques of analog photography. To this day, he remains stuck on the daguerreotype. Learn more about this contemporary master of the timeless method.
Takashi Arai is one of the few artists working with the daguerreotype today, the world’s first widely available photographic process. This exhibition, entitled Imago, features work from the Tomorrow’s History, an ongoing project which began in 2016. This is his second exhibition at PGI.
About Takashi Arai. Takashi Arai first encountered photography while he was a university student of biology. In an effort to trace photography to its origins, he encountered daguerreotype, and after much trial and error mastered the complex technique.
