Masato Seto

Seto was born in Udon Thani, Thailand, to a Vietnamese mother and a Japanese father.

[1] He moved to Fukushima Prefecture, Japan in 1961 and studied photography at Tōkyō Shashin Senmon Gakkō (東京写真専門学校), graduating in 1973.

The best known may be Living Room, an exhibition and then a book of a strip of single and group portraits of Japanese and foreign residents of Tokyo in their homes.

The show was put together by curator Connelly La Mar with support from the Japan Foundation in February [1] at H Gallery.

[2] Yancey Richardson Gallery [www.yanceyrichardson.com] in New York City now represents his work for the U.S. market.