Artist Monograph

Shomei Tomatsu, Japanese

Japanese, 1930–2012

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	38	95%
Printmaking	2	5%

Production by Decade

1950s

1960s

1990s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	40	100%

Range: 33.0 cm → 76.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1959	1
1977	10
1978	27
1991	2

Japanese Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 40 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Local Politicians Photograph Acc. 460.1959	1957	Gelatin silver print	9 3/16 × 14 1/8" (23.4 × 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Nihon Keizai Shimbun
Local Politicians Photograph Acc. 402.1977	1957	Gelatin silver print	13 1/16 × 18 7/8" (33.2 × 48 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Aftermath of a Typhoon, Nagoya Photograph Acc. 397.1977	1959	Gelatin silver print	19 13/16 × 12 15/16" (50.4 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Aftermath of a Typhoon, Nagoya Photograph Acc. 398.1977	1959	Gelatin silver print	19 15/16 × 12 15/16" (50.6 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Aftermath of a Typhoon, Nagoya Photograph Acc. 695.1978	1959	Gelatin silver print	19 15/16 × 19 5/16" (50.6 × 49 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Former War Factory, Osaka Photograph Acc. 701.1978	1959	Gelatin silver print	13 1/16 × 12 13/16" (33.2 × 32.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Psychic Medium, Aomori Photograph Acc. 703.1978	1959	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 13 1/2" (33.1 × 46.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
The River Styx, Aomori Photograph Acc. 716.1978	1959	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 13 7/16" (32.9 × 34.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled from the series Memory of War, Toyokawa, Aichi Photograph Acc. 714.1978	1959	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 11 1/4" (33 × 28.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Home of an Old Family–Kitchen Sink, Kyushu Photograph Acc. 704.1978	1960	Gelatin silver print	16 1/4 × 12 15/16" (41.3 × 32.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Occupied Japan – Bar, Tokyo Photograph Acc. 715.1978	1960	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 12 15/16" (33 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Occupied Japan — Military Base, Iwakuni Photograph Acc. 707.1978	1960	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 18 7/8" (32.8 × 48 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Occupied Japan — Sailors, Yokosuka Photograph Acc. 702.1978	1960	Gelatin silver print	12 13/16 × 18 11/16" (32.6 × 47.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Asphalt, Tokyo Photograph Acc. 713.1978	1961	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 14 3/16" (33 × 36 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Beer Bottle After the Atomic Bomb Explosion Photograph Acc. 705.1978	1961	Gelatin silver print	15 15/16 × 14 3/16" (40.5 × 36.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Christian with Keloidal Scars Photograph Acc. 401.1977	1961	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 17 5/8" (34 × 44.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Christian with Keloidal Scars Photograph Acc. 696.1978	1961	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 8 1/2" (33 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Girl Who Had Experienced the Atomic Bomb Explosion While Still in her Mother's Womb Photograph Acc. 718.1978	1961	Gelatin silver print	15 15/16 × 23 1/16" (40.6 × 58.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Hibakusha Fukuda Sumako, Nagasaki Photograph Acc. 699.1978	1961	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 8 1/8" (33 × 20.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Hibakusha Tomitarō Shimotani, Nagasaki Photograph Acc. 403.1977	1961	Gelatin silver print	13 × 18 3/4" (33 × 47.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Inner Space, Tokyo Photograph Acc. 698.1978	1961	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 8 13/16" (33 × 22.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Statue of Christ at Urakami Tenshudo Catholic Cathedral, Nagasaki Photograph Acc. 706.1978	1961	Gelatin silver print	15 15/16 × 14 3/16" (40.5 × 36.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Hibakusha Senji Yamaguchi, Nagasaki Photograph Acc. 700.1978	1962	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 8 13/16" (33 × 22.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Sandwich Men, Tokyo Photograph Acc. 709.1978	1962	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 16 7/16" (33 × 41.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Sandwich Men, Tokyo Photograph Acc. 711.1978	1962	Gelatin silver print	16 1/8 × 22 15/16" (40.9 × 58.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Sandwich Men, Tokyo Photograph Acc. 712.1978	1962	Gelatin silver print	16 1/8 × 22 15/16" (40.9 × 58.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Sandwich Men, Tokyo Photograph Acc. 405.1977	1962	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 18 13/16" (33 × 47.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Americanization, Zushi Photograph Acc. 710.1978	1964	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 18 3/4" (33 × 47.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
I Am a King, Tokyo Photograph Acc. 717.1978	1964	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 16 7/8" (33 × 42.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
At the Harbor View , A U.S. Army Officer's Club Photograph Acc. 399.1977	1969	Gelatin silver print	19 7/8 × 29 3/8" (50.5 × 74.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
B-52 taking off from Kadena Air Base Photograph Acc. 400.1977	1969	Gelatin silver print	19 7/8 × 30 1/8" (50.5 × 76.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Okinawan Victim of the Atomic Bomb Explosion in Hiroshima Photograph Acc. 404.1977	1969	Gelatin silver print	19 7/8 × 29 3/8" (50.5 × 74.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Protest, Tokyo Photograph Acc. 708.1978	1969	Gelatin silver print	16 1/8 × 23 1/8" (40.9 × 58.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Protest, Tokyo Photograph Acc. 719.1978	1969	Gelatin silver print	15 15/16 × 21 15/16" (40.6 × 55.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Protest, Tokyo Photograph Acc. 720.1978	1969	Gelatin silver print	15 15/16 × 23 1/8" (40.6 × 58.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Protest, Tokyo Photograph Acc. 721.1978	1969	Gelatin silver print	16 × 23 1/8" (40.7 × 58.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Tea Ceremony at the Official Residence of the Head of the Okinawa Government Photograph Acc. 406.1977	1969	Gelatin silver print	19 7/8 × 29 3/8" (50.5 × 74.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Young Boys, the Sun, the Sea, and I, Shikine Island Photograph Acc. 697.1978	1969	Gelatin silver print	12 15/16 × 8 9/16" (33 × 21.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Plastics Photograph Acc. 341.1991	1991	Silver dye bleach print	17 15/16 × 22" (45.7 × 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Plastics Photograph Acc. 342.1991	1991	Silver dye bleach print	13 13/16 × 13 5/16" (35 × 33.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel