Ueki Noboru

Noboro Ueki (1905–1991) was an avant-garde photographer known for his large, hand-colored prints. Ueki began taking photographs in the 1920s and soon joined the Nihon Koga Kyokai (Japan Photography Association) organized by Hakuyo Fuchikami. Many of his artistic photographs, influenced by Constructivism and Expressionism, were published in photo magazines such as Asahi Camera or Photo Times. In 1927, he moved to Kyoto, where he joined the Kyoto Photo Society (KPS) with Yushi Kobayashi and others, and apprenticed in a photo studio. In 1934, he opened his own studio in Kyoto. After the end of World War II, Ueki adopted an avant-garde style influenced by surrealism and abstract photography, and later joined the Subjective Photography movement that originated in Germany.

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