A special Shima no Ama evening with a lecture by its curator Sonia Voss

Water

From the mid-1950s onwards, Kusukazu Uraguchi (1922-1988) pointed his camera at the ama, a women's community of Japanese fishermen and divers in the Shima region, where the photographer himself was born. The intimate and powerful photos are a special testimony to their lifestyle and increasingly disappearing profession. The position of the ama within the Japanese imagination, their sensual bond with the water and their fearlessness and sovereignty have been a source of inspiration for poets and artists for many centuries. The exhibition was first shown in 2024 during the international photo festival Les Rencontres d'Arles and has been supplemented in Huis Marseille with additional photos, a new video compilation and recently restored vintage wooden panels.

Sonia Voss

The curator, researcher and author Sonia Voss (1978) lives and works in Paris and Berlin.

Limited capacity, please order a ticket through the link.