The ARS Camera Annual states that the organization was established in the 1925 by Motohiko Goto.
[4] After World War II, avant-garde photography was released from the restrictions of wartime censorship.
Kaneko notes that while Japanese photography was more focused on documentary-style photorealism.
Groups such as the Kyoto Photo Society made headways in the field of avant-garde photography.
[4] The group naturally dissipates and key members of this group such as Noboru Ueki and Yushi Kobayashi become core members of the Kyoto Photo Artists Association.