Tokyo Stories

Artcurial, Paris, 2008 / Kulturhuset, Stockholm, 2010

Tokyo Stories reveals the changing faces of Tokyo from the 1930s until the present day through the works of three of the city's leading photographers: Hiroshi Hamaya, Tadahiko Hayashi and Shigeichi Nagano.

Tokyo is a paradox, a city made rich by the clash of different eras, where the futuristic present thrives alongside the traditional past. This exhibition presents the multiple faces of Tokyo: student protests, political intrigues, the birth of ‘salarymen' and their endless workdays, geishas, prostitutes, street orphans, writers, artists, designers and fashionistas, ... all of these characters collide to create this city of layers and contrasts.