Thildi (23), Japanese name Kaori, and friend; from Bangkok, Thailand. ティルディーさん(23) 日本名かおりと友人、バンコク出身

SETO Masato 瀬戸正人

Living Room, Tokyo, is a series recording the residences of people who have moved to Tokyo. This series highlights the richly international side of Tokyo that unfolds within ordinary apartment buildings. When SETO Masato（1953－）visited the apartment in Tokyo where a woman from Thailand was living, he found that while the place was perfectly ordinary outside, once he stepped inside, it was a very Thai-style living space. He became greatly interested in these spaces, divided by mere walls, highly individual living spaces that could not be even imagined from outside. SETO shot all these works with an 8 by 10 inch large format camera. Since he was photographing inside, the exposure times were quite long, several seconds, during which his models had to hold still and hold their breath. As a result, they look somewhat like expressionless, generic mannequins placed in the room.

Collection of: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Series title: Living Room, Tokyo
Title: Thildi (23), Japanese name Kaori, and friend; from Bangkok, Thailand.
Original title: ティルディーさん(23) 日本名かおりと友人、バンコク出身
Artist Name: SETO Masato
Year: 1993
Material / Technique: Gelatin silver print on developing-out paper
Dimensions: 314x454mm
Accession number: 10106905
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About the creator

瀬戸正人 / SETO Masato

from Art Platform Japan: https://artplatform.go.jp/resources/collections/artists/A1531

Date of birth: 1953-12-10
Birth place: Udon Thani City, Thailand
Medium: Photography
Gender: male
Update date: 2023-02-14

Identifiers

APJ ID: A1531
VIAF ID: 59329581
NDL ID: 00184339
AOW ID: _54962d5c-0512-4659-bb22-4b34a0195055
Wikidata ID: Q5571115

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