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Shoji Ueda (1913–2000): The Dreamlike Sands of Tottori Shoji Ueda (植田 正治, Ueda Shōji; 27 March 1913 – 4 July 2000) was a Japanese photographer born in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, Japan in 1913. He is best known for his distinctive, dreamlike black-and-white images featuring staged figures against the backdrop of Tottori sand dunes—a landscape that would become synonymous with his artistic vision. The term Ueda-chō (植田調) has been…
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