Launched in September 2009 as Japan's first international art fair dedicated to photography, TOKYO PHOTO has quickly eastablished itself as the largest cultural evetn of its kind in Asia. Part market, part laboratory, part pedagogical workshop and part curatorial paltform, TOKYO PHOTO has collaborated with leading art institutions of the world including London's Tate Modern and the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego to enrich and energize the cultural landscape of Tokyo through the promotion, understanding and appreciation of the visual arts. 

The fourth edition of TOKYO PHOTO will open on Thursday, September 27, 2012 for a private vernissage and will continue through Monday, October 1 for the general public. Returning to Tokyo Midtown Hall in Roppongi, the fair will feature the strongest line-up of galleries to date - and international selection of over 35 participants from Tokyo, Osaka, Beijing, Shanghai, New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Berlin, and Amsterdam. 

*image (left)
© Michael Kenna.
"Kusshara lake tree, study 3, Katan, Hokkaido, Japan, 2005"
Gelatin silver print. Edition of 45. 20x20cm