This appears to be a variant made from the same plate as Snowy Mountain Twilight, a work shown at the third Ginreisha exhibition in May 1930 and published in the November 1930 edition of Shashin geppo. Kometani Koro, who was also a member of Ginreisha, wrote that, “Its seductiveness is due to the rich, full-bodied flavor of the gum-bichromate print, a Ginreisha forte.” Recent research suggests that this work, which hardly seems to be a photograph at all, appears to be the result of reversing light and dark in the negative of a photograph of mountains shot at midday in summer.
- Collection of
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- Title
- Atago, the snow-covered mountain
- Original title
- 雪山・アタゴ
- Artist Name
- UMESAKA Ori
- Year
- 1930
- Material / Technique
- Gum-bichromate print
- Dimensions
- 269x393mm
- Accession number
- 10011020
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum “Search the Collection”
- https://collection.topmuseum.jp/Publish/detailPage/40400/
