VIVI (photography group)
| VIVI (photography group) | |
|---|---|
| Other name(s) | VIVI-sha (VIVI社) |
| Known for | Postwar avant-garde photography collective based in Nagoya |
| Founded | 1947; Nagoya, Japan |
| Location | Nagoya, Japan |
| Membership | |
| Founder(s) | Kansuke Yamamoto (山本悍右); Keiichirō Gotō (後藤敬一郎); Minayoshi Takada (高田皆義); Yoshifumi Hattori (服部義文) |
| Notable members | Kansuke Yamamoto;Keiichirō Gotō ; Minayoshi Takada; Yoshifumi Hattori |
| Art | |
| Art type | Photography collective |
| Style | Avant-garde photography |
| Movement | Postwar Japanese avant-garde photography |
VIVI (VIVI社; VIVI-sha) was a Japanese postwar avant-garde photography collective formed in Nagoya in 1947. The group was organized by the photographer-poet Kansuke Yamamoto together with photographers Kei’ichirō Gotō, Minayoshi Takada, Yoshifumi Hattori, and others.
In accounts of Yamamoto’s postwar activity, VIVI has been described as the first postwar photographic collective in Nagoya, and as part of an effort to sustain avant-garde—and specifically Surrealist—ideas in the city after World War II.