Light artist Kei Ito uses cameraless photography to capture the impact of atomic warfare at UGA exhibition

The recent Academy Awards honoring Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” were both a reminder and a history lesson of the horrors of World War II and the atomic bomb. For some, the trauma of the bombings of Japan is intergenerational, and the memories are ever-present.

The artist Kei Ito conjures images of atomic power and its lasting impact in a new solo exhibition, “Kei Ito: Staring at the Face of the Sun.” He uses “cameraless photography” to create representations, silhouettes and light effects that expand visual language well beyond the familiar.

The exhibition is on view at the Georgia Museum of Art at UGA through July 14. Ito joins Lois Reitzes on “City Lights” to explain his exhibition and unique approach to photography.