Photography in Nagoya
Photography in Nagoya surveys the history of photographic practice and culture in Nagoya (in Aichi Prefecture), including commercial studios, amateur clubs, and art-photography alongside related print and publishing cultures. In movement histories of Japanese photography, Nagoya has been characterized as a major regional center whose photographic infrastructure expanded rapidly in the early twentieth century, with a dense landscape of studios and a growing trade in cameras, film, and darkroom services.