12. Kayo Ume: Silly shooter
In her pursuit of immediacy and intimacy, the 28-year-old photographer has become the inheritor of the ’90s ‘girl’s photography’ boom in Japan. She adds to the genre, however, a devilish sense of humor and eerie ability to catch the world’s silly foibles at the perfect instant. Ume’s work travels around the world in gallery shows, but performs just as well as stand-alone photographs sent around as Internet gags. There may be more arty, serious young photographers out there, but let’s face it, Japanese culture has ceased to be arty and serious. Ume is not a photographer chronicling the zeitgeist — she is the zeitgeist.
– The Tokyo Hot List: 20 people to watch | CNNGo
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