Viva Humanity!

Tanuma vigorously photographed at home and abroad and continued to show his work throughout his life, his healthy curiosity and energy never declining. He also mentored younger generations of photographers at his alma mater, Tokyo College of Photography (Tokyo Polytechnic University) and held a succession of important positions in the world of photography, including being chairman of the Japan Professional Photographers Society and the Japan Photographic Copyright Association and representing the Japan Photographic Preservation Center. He concentrated his energies on promoting public awareness of Japan’s culture of photography and on copyright protection for photography, in which he performed a significant role. This exhibition presents, for the first time, his unpublished new work Musashino, while tracing Tanuma’s career as a photographer, seven decades during which he steadily observed the human drama with a humanistic gaze. source: topmuseum.jp