Jun Abe

Jun Abe (阿部淳, Abe Jun, born 1955)^[1] is a Japanese street photographer and educator who lives and works in Osaka. As of autumn 2014, he has produced six books of photographs of people in cities, including Citizens: 1979–1983, which won the Society of Photography Award. He was the official photographer of the butoh dance group Byakko-sha (白虎社) from 1982 to 1994.

Life and work

Abe was born in Osaka.^[1] He studied photography at Ōsaka Shashin Senmon Gakkō (now Visual Arts Osaka).^[2]

From 1982 to 1994 he was the official photographer for Byakko-sha (白虎社), a butoh dance group based in Kyoto.^[3]^[4] In this capacity he travelled extensively in 1982 and 1983.^[1]

From 2002 Abe has taught at the Visual Arts Osaka college.^[2] He has been a member of the Osaka-based photography collective running Vacuum Press since 2006.^[2] Since 2013 he has been represented by Hatten Gallery.^[2]

Publications

クリーチャーズ ...... 神の獣たち = Kurīchāzu: Kami no kemono-tachi = Creaturers.^{ISBN 4-938598-04-3
. Black and white photographs; essay by Isamu Ōsuka (大須賀勇) and artist chronology in Japanese.}

大阪 = Ōsaka. Osaka: Vacuum, 2007.
ISBN 9784990328801. Vacuum Press 1. Colour photographs.^{[n 2]}

市民: 1979–1983 = Citizens: 1979–1983. Osaka: Vacuum, 2009.
ISBN 9784990328832. Vacuum Press 4. Black and white photographs; no captions or other text.^{[n 3]}

黒白ノート: 1996–1999 = Kokubyaku nōto: 1996–1999 = Black & white note: 1996–1999. Osaka: Vacuum, 2010.
ISBN 9784990328856. Vacuum Press 5. Black and white photographs; no captions or other text.^{[n 4]}

マニラ: August, 1983 = Manira: August, 1983 = Manila: August, 1983. Osaka: Vacuum, 2011.
ISBN 9784990328887. Vacuum Press 7. Black and white photographs; no captions or other text.^{[n 5]}

黒白ノート・2 = Kokubyaku nōto: 2 = Black & white note 2. Osaka: Vacuum, 2012.
OCLC 827210141. Vacuum Press 9. Black and white photographs; no captions or other text.^{[n 6]}

2001. Osaka: Vacuum, 2013.
OCLC 870254914. Vacuum Press 11. Black and white photographs; no captions or other text.^{[n 7]}

Busan. Osaka: Vacuum, 2014. Black and white photographs.[n 8]
1981＜上＞ = 1981 (jō) = 1981: Top.^{[n 9]} Osaka: Vacuum, 2015. Vacuum Press 14. First volume of a two-volume set. Black and white photographs.^{[n 10]}
1981＜下＞ = 1981 (ge) = 1981: Bottom.^{[n 9]} Osaka: Vacuum, 2015. Vacuum Press 15. Second volume of a two-volume set. Black and white photographs.^{[n 11]}
1981 コウベ = 1981 Kōbe = 1981: Kobe. Osaka: Vacuum, 2016.
New York. Osaka: Vacuum, 2017.^{[n 12]}
Citizens in Society 1989~1994. Osaka: Vacuum, 2019.^{[n 13]}

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2006: Black & White Note: Box, Gallery 10:06, Osaka.^[5]
2012: Citizens/1983, Gallery Niépce, Tokyo.^[6]
2012/2013: Citizens, The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka.^[7]
2013: Black & White Note, Black & White Note 2, Place M Photo Gallery, Tokyo. Related to his Society of Photography Award.^[8]^[9]

Group exhibitions

2011: Citizens, Quad Gallery, Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK, 4 March–8 May 2011.^[10]
2013: Paris Photo, Grand Paris, Paris. Presented by The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka.^[11]
2013: Citizens, The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka. With Miyako Ishiuchi. Part of the exhibition Paris Photo 2013.^[4]
2014: FotoIstanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 17 October – 18 November 2014.^[12]

Awards

2013: Society of Photography Award (Shashin no Kai shō) from the Society of Photography.^[13]

Notes

^ The colophon shows the short Japanese title クリーチャーズ (Kurīchāzu) alone. The subtitle 神の獣たち (Kami no kemono-tachi) appears nowhere other than the title page. Creaturers [sic] appears on the front cover and title page and also in the list of exhibitions. It appears to be a mistake, because (if it rhymed with "treasurers"), "creaturers" would have different katakana (most likely クリーチュラーズ); as it is, the pronunciation of the Japanese title matches that of "creatures".
^ The publisher's page about Ōsaka (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.
^ The publisher's page about Citizens (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 3 April 2016) is here.
^ The publisher's page about Black & white note (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.
^ The publisher's page about Manila (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.
^ The publisher's page about Black & white note 2 (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.
^ The publisher's page about 2001 (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.
^ The publisher's page about Busan (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 3 April 2016) is here.
^ ^a ^b "Top" is a literal translation of jō (上) in other contexts; and "bottom" is a literal translation of ge (下) in other contexts. In this context, jō and ge simply mean volumes 1 and 2 respectively of a two-volume work. (As is common for two-volume works in Japan, the two are priced and sold separately.)
^ The publisher's page about 1981: Top (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 3 April 2016) is here.
^ The publisher's page about 1981: Bottom (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 3 April 2016) is here.
^ The publisher's page about New York is here.
^ The publisher's page about Citizens in Society 1989~1994 is here.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Chronology in Creaturers.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Jun Abe", Vacuum Press. Archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014.
^ "Paris Photo: 14.17 Nov 2013 Grand Palais", Paris Photo. Accessed 7 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Paris Photo 2013: Ishiuchi Miyako, Abe Jun Archived 8 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine", The Third Gallery Aya. Accessed 7 September 2014.
^ 白黒ノート・箱, Gallery 10:06. Accessed 7 September 2014.
^ "2012", Gallery Niépce. Accessed 7 September 2014.
^ "Citizens: Jun Abe Archived 8 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine", The Third Gallery Aya. Accessed 7 September 2014.
^ "2013.7.29-8.4", Place M Photo Gallery. Accessed 7 September 2014.
^ Kōtarō Iizawa, 阿部淳「市民・黒白ノート・黒白ノート2」, Artscape, 15 August 2013. Accessed 18 September 2014.
^ "Citizens: Black and white images from noiresque streets of Japan", Format Festival. Accessed 7 September 2014.
^ "Jun Abe", Paris Photo. Accessed 7 September 2014.
^ "First Foto Istanbul Festival in Besiktas Square until Nov. 18". Türkiye Newspaper. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
^ "Prize of 'Society of Photography' Archived 13 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine", Society of Photography. Accessed 6 September 2014.

[5] The colophon shows the short Japanese title クリーチャーズ (Kurīchāzu) alone. The subtitle 神の獣たち (Kami no kemono-tachi) appears nowhere other than the title page. Creaturers [sic] appears on the front cover and title page and also in the list of exhibitions. It appears to be a mistake, because (if it rhymed with "treasurers"), "creaturers" would have different katakana (most likely クリーチュラーズ); as it is, the pronunciation of the Japanese title matches that of "creatures".

[6] The publisher's page about Ōsaka (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.

[7] The publisher's page about Citizens (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 3 April 2016) is here.

[8] The publisher's page about Black & white note (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.

[9] The publisher's page about Manila (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.

[10] The publisher's page about Black & white note 2 (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.

[11] The publisher's page about 2001 (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014) is here.

[12] The publisher's page about Busan (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 3 April 2016) is here.

[jou-ge-13] "Top" is a literal translation of jō (上) in other contexts; and "bottom" is a literal translation of ge (下) in other contexts. In this context, jō and ge simply mean volumes 1 and 2 respectively of a two-volume work. (As is common for two-volume works in Japan, the two are priced and sold separately.)

[14] The publisher's page about 1981: Top (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 3 April 2016) is here.

[15] The publisher's page about 1981: Bottom (as archived by the Wayback Machine on 3 April 2016) is here.

[16] The publisher's page about New York is here.

[17] The publisher's page about Citizens in Society 1989~1994 is here.

[creaturerschrono-1] Chronology in Creaturers.

[vacuum-bio-2] "Jun Abe", Vacuum Press. Archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014.

[parisphoto-3] "Paris Photo: 14.17 Nov 2013 Grand Palais", Paris Photo. Accessed 7 September 2014.

[third-gallery-aya-4] "Paris Photo 2013: Ishiuchi Miyako, Abe Jun Archived 8 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine", The Third Gallery Aya. Accessed 7 September 2014.

[18] 白黒ノート・箱, Gallery 10:06. Accessed 7 September 2014.

[19] "2012", Gallery Niépce. Accessed 7 September 2014.

[20] "Citizens: Jun Abe Archived 8 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine", The Third Gallery Aya. Accessed 7 September 2014.

[21] "2013.7.29-8.4", Place M Photo Gallery. Accessed 7 September 2014.

[22] Kōtarō Iizawa, 阿部淳「市民・黒白ノート・黒白ノート2」, Artscape, 15 August 2013. Accessed 18 September 2014.

[23] "Citizens: Black and white images from noiresque streets of Japan", Format Festival. Accessed 7 September 2014.

[24] "Jun Abe", Paris Photo. Accessed 7 September 2014.

[25] "First Foto Istanbul Festival in Besiktas Square until Nov. 18". Türkiye Newspaper. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

[26] "Prize of 'Society of Photography' Archived 13 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine", Society of Photography. Accessed 6 September 2014.

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