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There was an international radical movement of using photography in the contemporary art in 1960s-1970s. Masafumi Maita initiated to use photography in 1971. In the same year he awarded a grand prize at the 6th International Young Artists Exhibition. Moreover, having received a scholarship, he stayed in Paris from 1971 - 1973. We can see a certain distinction in his works those days; photography and matter are always assembled. Although he grabbed was in the spotlight by using as he employed photography in his practice, his fundamental interest was always in matter and spatial aspect that was …