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Signed and notated "2412" on verso. Ferrotyped print. Ishimoto has apparently retired the negatives and is no longer printing any more prints.
Yasuhiro Ishimoto (Japanese American, 1921- ) was born in San Francisco and raised in Kochi City, Japan. In 1939, due to concerns of him being drafted he returned to the U.S. where he studied agriculture at the University of California (1940-42).
He moved to Chicago in 1944 and began to study architecture at Northwestern University in 1946 when he met photographer Harry Shigeta and took up photography seriously. Two years later Ishimoto transferred to the Institute of Design where he studied with Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind and Gordon Coster during a period from 1948-52.
In 1961 he returned to Japan (Tokyo), where he has lived ever since. Ishimoto showed his devotion to his adopted city, Chicago, in his book, Chicago, Chicago (Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 1969). This book is often regarded as Ishimoto's most personal statement. His bold use of contrast, the design of the frame and the influence of his studies in architecture define his Chicago.
He is also noted for both his gritty street photography of Chicago and on a totally different note for his delicate flower studies.
Ishimoto has published many books and exhibited widely throughout Japan and the US. In 1999 he was the subject of a career retrospective at the Art Institute of Chicago.
At the age of 90, he recalled all of his unsold prints from his gallery representatives in preparation for museum donations at his death.

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