The residents of Tokyo’s Asakusa district reminded KIKAI Hiroo of people he had met prior to moving to the city and those he had worked with before becoming a photographer. This sense of nostalgia and intimacy inspired him to start as an ongoing series of portraits depicting people from the area. Constantly emphasizing the noble qualities of the working class and ordinary people, KIKAI attempts to treat each of his subjects with respect, making them “look as cool as possible with a sense of presence and dignity.”
- Collection of
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- Series title
- Ecce Homo
- Title
- Unidentified
- Original title
- 不詳
- Artist Name
- KIKAI Hiroo
- Year
- 1986
- Material / Technique
- Gelatin silver print on developing-out paper
- Dimensions
- 298x299mm
- Accession number
- 10005450
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum “Search the Collection”
- https://collection.topmuseum.jp/Publish/detailPage/25146/
