Life in Tokyo from Photography
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Introduction
Capturing and creating images have for long been practiced by many people mostly artists, and photographers. People create themes, communicate, educate and even entertain through images and photographs. Just by a glance of an artwork, many imaginations, reflections and visualizations cross minds giving a clue or an idea about a situation or a place. Several countries have preserved photography works in their museums. Such arts and works are created through the act of recording light or electromagnetic radiation using photographic film or image sensor. A blend of preserved tradition and vivid modernity makes Japan the most attractive place to tour and photograph. Visit to their archives reveals the importance they place on their culture, with every point decorated with paintings and photos, carvings and other arts, which tells a lot about the life in their streets and towns. This paper seeks to present aspects of advancements in Tokyo as well as how ideas about the modern life in Tokyo are presented.
Tokyo National Museum was established in 1872 in the city of Tokyo. Its first exhibition was held at a hall known as Taiseiden that acted as the inaugural Japanese museum bringing the Tokyo National Museum (TNM) to set up. There have been several exhibitions in the museum ever since its conception in photography and artwork depicting several themes and issues in the Japanese culture and traditions among other advancements. Japan is a country where its culture well preserved through artwork and the practice of photography. There are laws and legislation that the state and its administrations have put in place in order to ensure that there is control over photography that attracts both the locals and foreigners. Photography is also highly controlled in japan with the restrictions extended even to the press in some situations. To access the rights one must have approval and advice on the guidelines. Due to the sensitivity of the collections kept therein, it is only important to seek full guidance on how to conduct oneself.
Life in Tokyo from Photography
Photographs in the museum portray life and cultures in Tokyo, a city made up of different tiny villages of a large population. People prefer the city for street photography as portrayed in the museums to depict various themes while others take their photos to other collections. The first image shows a street in the city that depicts Tokyo as a busy town. Tokyo is busy, with one of the highest recorded populations with people everywhere in the city. There are more people moving to reside in the city that also has local individuals in occupancy. The photographers are always on the look, and each of them has their intentions of what they want their pictures to communicate. Economic activities are spurred, and developments initiated in the city to enable its occupants enjoy all the services necessary as they may require.
The feeling from the photography is that some things are done as an individual predetermines them and others only do it the same way. The picture depicts how Japan gives a unique look to things and has a unique way of doing things that they spread across the world. Things such as fashion and trend are unique to themselves, and it spreads across the world. The unique fashion and trend allows for unusual and interesting modes that are imitated by others.
The next picture portrays initial Japan with its streets less busy. Many photographers are attracted to unique culture and opt for communication of some advancement from the traditional situations to modern developments. These changes are preferred to be documented by state and photographers’ showing the change that is going on in the city. The tall buildings of Japan that traditionally were not present act as backdrops for the photos taken by the photographers to present perfect conditions. People find it very suspicious in Japan if anyone takes their picture anyhow. It is in the museum that photography can be accessed, but also through permission for the knowledge advancement and learning of history of the past and current life of the city as Tokyo in Japan. In this picture presented, there is candid actual look that was targeted and given by the photographer. Such presentation encourages attraction to the viewers of the photo and those who want information from it (Shiraiwa, Yoko, and Takako Yamaguchi, p.214).
The final picture presents a snow stricken Tokyo and people using umbrellas. This is what is common throughout the lives in Japan. There was an importance of this photo appearing in the museum and maybe to remind the people of the weather patterns in the city of Tokyo. People visiting new towns will always ask for advice about the life and activities of the city without necessarily gambling with the visit without any knowledge from history. Tokyo is known for high impact earthquake, and there is a lot of need for a person who is visiting to decide and choose where there is a less risk of the earthquake. The collection in the museum gives a fair representation of events, both current and past that are likely to re-occur like quakes and snows or those which are just preserved for comparison like the infrastructure development.
Conclusion
Tokyo is an unimaginably big city that is attractive and fun to take fascinating pictures. Even with the strict rules on photography, many photographers still opt to visit the city to do what they do better and all time innovations and advancements. Consolidation of aspects of models to suit as a picture and bring out the real image is necessary for individuals. The images presented here portray different aspects of Tokyo, Japan, the streets and the people living therein both in the modern and the past. Tokyo National Museum is strategically placed to offer general archives and paintings, among other things that can be found in the museum to bring out how the life is in Japan now and before. The selections range from pictures that show the political union, economic progress, their religion and practice among other factors portrayed in the collections.
The first and the third picture discussed in this context represent documentation photography. The first picture represents modern life in Tokyo while the third photo depicts an occurrence experienced both in the modern and in the past. Both works represents real life reportage, which can be used for different purposes including academics (Okui and Fumio 26). The second picture depicts art photography as it is created as per the vision of the photographer presenting unique information about Tokyo that is accessible and utilizable from the Tokyo museum.