Jun Abe

Jun Abe (阿部 淳, Abe Jun, born 1955 in Osaka[1]) is a Japanese street photographer and educator who lives and works in Osaka. As of autumn 2014, he has produced six books of photographs of people in cities, including Citizens: 1979–1983, which won the Society of Photography Award. He was the official photographer of the butoh dance group Byakko-sha (白虎社) from 1982 to 1994.

Life and work

Abe studied photography at Ōsaka Shashin Senmon Gakkō (now Visual Arts Osaka).[2]

From 1982 to 1994 he was the official photographer for Byakko-sha (白虎社), a butoh dance group based in Kyoto.[3][4] In this capacity he travelled extensively in 1982 and 1983.[1]

From 2002 Abe has taught at the Visual Arts Osaka college.[2] He has been a member of the Osaka-based photography collective running Vacuum Press since 2006.[2] Since 2013 he has been represented by Hatten Gallery.[2]

Books

Solo exhibitions (selected)

Group exhibitions

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑ The colophon shows the short Japanese title クリーチャーズ (Kurīchāzu) alone. The subtitle 神の獣たち (Kami no kemono-tachi) appears nowhere other than the title page. Creaturers [sic] appears on the front cover and title page and also in the list of exhibitions. It appears to be a mistake, because (if it rhymed with "treasurers"), "creaturers" would have different katakana (most likely クリーチュラーズ); as it is, the pronunciation of the Japanese title matches that of "creatures".
  2. ↑ The publisher's page about Ōsaka (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.
  3. ↑ The publisher's page about Citizens (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 3 April 2016) is here.
  4. ↑ The publisher's page about Black & white note (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.
  5. ↑ The publisher's page about Manila (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.
  6. ↑ The publisher's page about Black & white note 2 (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.
  7. ↑ The publisher's page about 2001 (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.
  8. ↑ The publisher's page about Busan (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 3 April 2016) is here.
  9. 1 2 "Top" is a literal translation of jō (上) in other contexts; and "bottom" is a literal translation of ge (下) in other contexts. In this context, jō and ge simply mean volumes 1 and 2 respectively of a two-volume work. (As is common for two-volume works in Japan, the two are priced and sold separately.)
  10. ↑ The publisher's page about 1981: Top (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 3 April 2016) is here.
  11. ↑ The publisher's page about 1981: Bottom (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 3 April 2016) is here.

References

  1. 1 2 Chronology in Creaturers.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Jun Abe", Vacuum Press. Archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Paris Photo: 14.17 Nov 2013 Grand Palais", Paris Photo. Accessed 7 September 2014.
  4. ↑ 白黒ノート・箱, Gallery 10:06. Accessed 7 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "2012", Gallery Niépce. Accessed 7 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Citizens: Jun Abe", The Third Gallery Aya. Accessed 7 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "2013.7.29-8.4", Place M Photo Gallery. Accessed 7 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Kōtarō Iizawa, 阿部淳「市民・黒白ノート・黒白ノート2」, Artscape, 15 August 2013. Accessed 18 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Citizens: Black and white images from noiresque streets of Japan", Format Festival. Accessed 7 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Jun Abe", Paris Photo. Accessed 7 September 2014.
  11. ↑ "First Foto Istanbul Festival in Besiktas Square until Nov. 18". Türkiye Newspaper. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Prize of 'Society of Photography'", Society of Photography. Accessed 6 September 2014.
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