Object number2009.13

Tokyo, Japan (taxi stand)

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the Small Planet series

Date2005

Artist Naoki Honjo (Japanese, 1978-)

CultureJapanese

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 14 3/16 x 18 1/8 in. (36 x 46 cm)
Sheet: 24 x 20 1/16 in. (61 x 51 cm)
Matted: 27 x 32 in. (68.6 x 81.3 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Advisory Council for Photography

On View

Not on view

Period21st c (Heisei era)

Classification(s)

Photograph

BibliographyHonjo, Naoki. 2006. Small Planet. Tokyo: Little More, cat. no. 29ProvenancePurchased from Tai Gallery, Santa Fe

Vassar Exhibitions

Recent Acquisitions: Works on Paper

Contemporary Japanese Photography from the Permanent Collecton

Photography as Data: Augmentation, Extraction, Objectification

Exhibition HistoryRecent Acquistions: Works on Paper, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 18 - March 30, 2013; Photography as Data: Augmentation, Extraction, Objectification, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 9 - September 15, 2024
DescriptionAn aerial image of a cross-walk in Tokyo with taxi's lined up at a light and pedestrians crossing the street. The edges of the frame are blurred and the hyper-focus of the center gives the appearance of looking at a miniature-scale model.

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