The "Petit Tomato" collection is a vast archive of Japanese portrait photography, often categorized within the shojo (young girl) or idol photography genres. The series is extensive, with specialized listings often citing a plus special editions. Key features of the series include:
As Kiyooka wrote in her 2001 essay "The Small Red Sun" :
Covering student protests and the rapidly changing urban landscape of post-war Japan.
Kiyooka, born into a farming family in Shizuoka Prefecture—a region famous for its tea fields and volcanic soil—watched this industrialization with dismay. She was a self-taught botanist with a connoisseur’s palate. Her rebellion began in a 300-square-meter greenhouse. Her thesis was radical:
The "Petit Tomato" collection is a vast archive of Japanese portrait photography, often categorized within the shojo (young girl) or idol photography genres. The series is extensive, with specialized listings often citing a plus special editions. Key features of the series include:
As Kiyooka wrote in her 2001 essay "The Small Red Sun" : Photo Sumiko Kiyooka Petit Tomato
Covering student protests and the rapidly changing urban landscape of post-war Japan. The "Petit Tomato" collection is a vast archive
Kiyooka, born into a farming family in Shizuoka Prefecture—a region famous for its tea fields and volcanic soil—watched this industrialization with dismay. She was a self-taught botanist with a connoisseur’s palate. Her rebellion began in a 300-square-meter greenhouse. Her thesis was radical: Photo Sumiko Kiyooka Petit Tomato