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Vivo

Japanese photography cooperative

Vivo was a short-lived Japanese photographic cooperative. Eikoh Hosoe, Kikuji Kawada, Ikkō Narahara, Akira Satō, Akira Tanno, and Shōmei Tōmatsu — six of the participants of the celebrated 1957 exhibition Jūnin no me (10人の眼, Eyes of ten) — formed the Vivo cooperative in July 1957, naming it after the Esperanto word for "life."2 It ceased to exist in 1961.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jul 1957Founded1

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Vivo was a short-lived Japanese photographic cooperative.2

Timeline

  1. Jun 1961Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Jul 1957Founded Founded1

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