Kajima Seibei Explained

was a Japanese photographer.[1] In 2019, Fujifilm Square in Tokyo sponsored a Photo History Museum Exhibition on his work and legacy, entitled, "The Story of Seibei Kajima, the 'Millionaire Photographer' in the Meiji Period." This exhibit presented Kajima as a trailblazer in Japanese portrait and landscape photography, who developed new techniques, for example, by devising large-format cameras to take oversized photographs, by experimenting with X-rays, and by employing the magnesium flash to take photographs at night.[2]

References

  1. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. . Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000.
  2. Web site: The Story of Seibei Kajima, the "Millionaire Photographer" in the Meiji Period. Fujifilm Square Photo History Museum. July 17, 2019.