Shōji Ueda

Japanese · 1913–2000 · Photographer

Shōji Ueda was a Japanese photographer from Tottori, best known for his distinctive, dreamlike black-and-white images with staged figures, taken on the Tottori sand dunes. The… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Shōji Ueda, Selected Images from Sand Dunes, 1948-1950, Three gelatin silver prints, printed 1980sSelected Images from Sand DunesPhillips · £16,510≈ $20,869≈ €19,826Sign up to see
  2. Shōji Ueda, Kako, 1949, Gelatin silver print, printed circa 1980KakoPhillips · £5,292≈ $6,296≈ €6,128Sign up to see
  3. Shōji Ueda, Kogitsune Tanjō [Appearance of a Fox Cub], 1948, Gelatin silver print, printed 1999Kogitsune Tanjō [Appearance of a Fox Cub]Phillips · £3,375≈ $4,934≈ €4,407Sign up to see

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Shōji Ueda was a Japanese photographer from Tottori, best known for his distinctive, dreamlike black-and-white images with staged figures, taken on the Tottori sand dunes. The term Ueda-chō (Ueda-tone) has been used to refer to his cool and mysterious atmospheric style.

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Born 1913, SakaiminatoDied 2000, YonagoOccupation PhotographerWikidata Q3107892 ↗ULAN 500093482 ↗

Also known as Shoji Ueda, Shouji Ueda

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By). See data sources & attribution.

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