Japan shines in grainy focus

The exhibition Shashin: are-bure-boke at Michael Hoppen Gallery in Chelsea celebrates the work and legacy of Japan’s post-war photographers who rejected glossy, commercial and documentary images during the country’s turbulent period of reconstruction.

The show’s title, which translates as ‘photograph: rough, blurred, out of focus’, encapsulates the…

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