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Kiyoji Otsuji

1923–2001

Motonaga Sadamasa, Smoke, Gutai Exhibition on the Stage 1957, printed 2012
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55 artworks by Kiyoji Otsuji
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Biography

Kiyoji Ōtsuji (大辻 清司, Ōtsuji Kiyoji, 1923–2001) was a Japanese photographer, photography theorist, and educator. He was active in the avant-garde art world in Japan after World War II, both creating his own experimental photographs, and taking widely circulated documentary photographs of other artists and art projects. He became an authority in Japanese photography, extensively publishing commentaries and educating future generations of photographers.

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  • Composition for APN

    Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Kiyoji Otsuji
    1953–4, printed 2002
    On display at Tate Modern part of Electric Dreams
  • Composition for APN

    Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Kiyoji Otsuji
    1953–4, printed 2002
    On display at Tate Modern part of Electric Dreams
  • Composition for APN

    Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Kiyoji Otsuji
    1953–4, printed 2002
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  • Composition for APN

    Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Kiyoji Otsuji
    1953–4, printed 2002
    On display at Tate Modern part of Electric Dreams
  • Composition for APN

    Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Kiyoji Otsuji
    1953–4, printed 2002
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  • Composition for APN

    Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Kiyoji Otsuji
    1953–4, printed 2002
    On display at Tate Modern part of Electric Dreams
  • Composition for APN

    Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Kiyoji Otsuji
    1953–4, printed 2002
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  • Composition for APN

    Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Kiyoji Otsuji
    1953–4, printed 2002
    On display at Tate Modern part of Electric Dreams
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