・OUVERT! LE FESTIVAL D'AVIGNON 2013.7.5 61 フランス・アヴィニョン
・Revelations 2013.7.6 フランス・マルティーグ
・ベルリンの壁崩壊 30周年 2019.11.9 ドイツ・ベルリン
・ハノーファー 国際花火競技会 2014.9.6 ドイツ・ハノーファー
・マカオ 国際花火コンテスト 2019.9.21 中国・マカオ
・マカオ 国際花火コンテスト 2012.9.8 中国・マカオ
・花火迎春 2016.2.20 台湾・台南市
Hanabi-Kei ("Views of Fireworks")
Kazuma Saeki
Photographer Kazuma Saeki first worked as a news photographer. In 1987, he started to take photos of fireworks. After he obtained a qualification in pyrotechnics in 1997, he started to call himself a 'hanabist' (firework-ist), and since then he has been taking photographs of fireworks not only in Japan, but all around the world. He has also been studying the history and culture of fireworks.
Saeki daringly chooses conventional film cameras to bring out the charm of analog film and associate with the astral world of fireworks. With no multiple exposure functions in camera, he releases a one-time-only shutter to capture the very moment of firework sparkles. The book is full of exclusive techniques that Saeki effectively commands.
10 Photographers capture the shape of time, 2020 and 2000
Photographers from seven different cultures including Japan, France, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States, responded to this call by photographer Ai Iwane.
A new photography magazine will be launched in which ten photographers, Ishiuchi Miyako, Antoine d'Agata, Shen Chao-Liang, Luo Dan, Seung Woo Back, ERIC, Ryuichi Ishikawa, Jinhee Kim, and Mandela Hudson, will juxtapose their photographs of the years 2000 and 2020.
In the year 2020 when the world experiences a drastic transition, "Decades" will deliver the time axis of "20 years" in the format of a magazine with photo stories and essays that condense the decades in each region.
Dear Friends
It is a pity that there haven't been many opportunities to see you recently.
I hope you are doing well.
Reacting to the changes in daily life,
I often wonder how you are,
as well as my friends living far away and overseas.
I remember there was another time when I felt close to you even though you were far away.
It was 20 years ago. At that time, too, everyone was saying that the world was going to change.
So this year, I decided to ask photographers who are living at this time what they had done this year, as well as in the year 2000.
Born in 1947 in Kiryu, Gunma and raised in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. She received the 4th Kimura Ihei Award for the series Apartment in 1979, and represented Japan at the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005 with the series Mother's. Her monograph ひろしま/hiroshima was published in 2008 and this series is still ongoing. She received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2013, and the Hasselblad Award in Photography in 2014. Her exhibitions have been presented at major art museums around the world, including Grain and Image (2017-2018, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan), Postwar Shadows (2015, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles), and many others.
Her solo exhibition Seen and Unseen - Tracing Photography is planned at Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City from April 3rd to July 25th, 2021.
Born in 1961 in Marseille, France. He is a photographer, filmmaker and member of Magnum Photos agency. He studied at the ICP (NYC) and, among other prizes, was a winner of the Prix Niépce (2001) and the Rencontres d'Arles Author's Book Award (2013). His photographs form part of a number of international collections and he exhibited in various museums throughout the world. His work can be read as the exploration of contemporary violence through two distinct perspectives: the violence of Day or economic and political violence (migration, refugees, poverty and war) and the violence of Night or the survival of social groups marginalized by poverty who generate ways to survive through crime (drugs, theft or prostitution).
03 骆丹 Luo Dan
1968年中国重慶生まれ。1992年四川美術学院卒業。〈Simple Song〉シリーズでArt Award China(AAC)for Photography Artist of the Year(2013年)を受賞、〈North, South〉シリーズで連州国際写真祭にてGold Award for Outstanding Artist(2008年)を受賞するなど、多数の受賞歴をもつ。作品の収蔵先にはサンフランシスコ近代美術館、ピーボディ・エセックス博物館、Turney Photography Foundationなどがある。現在は中国四川省成都市を拠点に活動。
Born in 1968 in Chongqing, China. He graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 1992. He is the recipient of several photography awards, including the prestigious Art Award China (AAC) for Photography Artist of the Year 2013, for his Simple Song series; the Gold Award for Outstanding Artist at the Lianzhou International Photography Festival (2008) for his North, South series. In addition, Luo Dan's works are collected by many art institutions and individuals, such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Peabody Essex Museum,and the Turney Photography Foundation. He currently lives and works in Chengdu, China.
04 ERIC
1976年中国出身の両親のもと、香港に生まれる。1997年、中国への香港返還を機に来日。アルバイト先の写真店で「写真」に出会う。2005年、写真集『everywhere』(東京ビジュアルアーツ)でデビュー。ストリートスナップを中心に活動。2016年、生活の拠点を東京から岡山に移し、今日に至る。著書に『中国好運|GOOD LUCK CHINA』(2008年、赤々舎)、『LOOK AT THIS PEOPLE』(2011年、赤々舎)、『EYE OF THE VORTEX』(2014年、赤々舎)、『香港好運|Good Luck Hong Kong』(2018年、Zen Foto Gallery)、『WE LOVE HONG KONG』(2019年、赤々舎)。
Born in 1976 in Hong Kong to parents from China. In 1997, he relocated to Japan upon the return of Hong Kong to China. He encountered photography at a photo store where he worked part time. In 2005, he debuted with the monograph everywhere (Tokyo Visual Arts). He has mainly worked on street snapshots ever since and has lived in Okayama since relocating from Tokyo in 2016. His publications include GOOD LUCK CHINA (2008, AKAAKA), LOOK AT THIS PEOPLE (2011, AKAAKA), EYE OF THE VORTEX (2014, AKAAKA), Good Luck Hong Kong (2018, Zen Foto Gallery), and WE LOVE HONG KONG (2019, AKAAKA).
Jinhee Kim was born in 1985 in Busan, South Korea. She completed her B.A. at Chung-Ang University (Seoul), Department of Photography in 2008. In 2010, her first monograph Whisper(ing) (IANNBOOKS, South Korea) was published. This series of works reflected her sympathy to the delicate pain and anxieties women of her generation struggled with. Since her later work She (2014), Kim has consistently used the method of applying embroidery of words or abstract shapes to prints in order to further express the women's deep unconscious. She was awarded the Excellence Prize at THE REFERENCE ASIA: PHOTO PRIZE 2019 for the series Finger Play (2019-).
1975年東京都生まれ。1991年単身渡米、ペトロリアハイスクールに留学。帰国後、1996年に独立。2006年以降ハワイにおける日系文化に注視し、移民を通じたハワイと福島の関わりをテーマに制作を続ける。2018年、初の写真集『KIPUKA』(青幻舎)を上梓。第44回木村伊兵衛写真賞、第44回伊奈信男賞受賞。著作に『キプカへの旅』(太田出版)、『ハワイ島のボンダンス』(福音館書店)、最新刊『A NEW RIVER』(bookshop M)。
Born in 1975 in Tokyo, Japan. In 1991, she went to the United States to study abroad at Petrolia High School. After returning to Japan, She began her career as a photographer in 1996. Since 2006, she has focused on the Japanese American culture in Hawaii, and continues to work on the theme of the relationship between Hawaii and Fukushima through immigration. In 2018, her first monograph KIPUKA (Seigensha Art Publishing) was published. She was awarded the 44th Kimura Ihei Award and the 44th Nobuo Ina Award. Her publications include Journey towards Kipuka (Ohta Publishing), Hawaii-shima no Bon Dance (Bon Dance on the Island of Hawaii) (Fukuinkan Shoten), and her latest book, A NEW RIVER (bookshop M).
Born in 1968 in Tainan, Taiwan. He obtained his master's degree from the Graduate School of the Applied Media Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts. He has served as a deputy chief photographer for the Liberty Times, Taiwan, and has been an artist in residence at National Central University. Currently, he works on photographic creation, critique, and research, and holds workshops and plans exhibitions. At the same time he is an adjunct associate professor at the National Taiwan University of Arts and an organizer of the Photo ONE, Taipei. Shen won the Golden Tripod Award for Best Photography (magazine category) of R.O.C. (Taiwan) in 2000, 2002 and 2012, the Asia Award in Sagamihara, Japan (2004), the Dong-gang Photography Award, Korea (2006), the Artists Wanted: Photography Category Award, NY, USA (2011), the IPA (International Photography Awards) 1st Place in Professional: Book of Documentary, LA, USA (2012), and the 2015 Wu San-Lien Award, Taiwan, among others.
Born in 1984 in Okinawa, Japan. In 2010, he studied under photographer Testushi Yuzaki. In 2011, he participated in the Shomei Tomatsu Digital Photography Workshop. In 2015, he received the 40th Kimura Ihei Award and the Photographic Society of Japan Newcomer's Award. Major solo exhibitions include Once thinking, nothing before eyes (2016, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino, Kanagawa). Major group exhibitions include Roppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice (2016, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) and BODY/PLAY/POLITICS (2016, Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa). Photo books include okinawan portraits 2010-2012, A Grand Polyphony, adrenamix, okinawan portraits 2012-2016 (all published by AKAAKA), and CAMP (SLANT).
09 ベク・スンウ Seung Woo Back
1973年韓国テジョン生まれ。中央大学校(ソウル)写真学科にて学士課程および修士課程、ミドルセックス大学(ロンドン)芸術理論コース修士課程修了。〈Real World〉シリーズ(2007年)を発表したGana Insa Art Centerでの個展以降、ソウルを拠点に活動。ニューヨーク、パリ、東京、ソウルで20以上の個展を開催、国内外にて150以上のグループ展に参加。受賞歴にKorea Artist Prize 2016、2010年ILWOO写真賞など。J・ポール・ゲティ美術館、韓国国立現代美術館、ヒューストン美術館など30を超える美術館・ギャラリーに作品を収蔵。弘益大学校(ソウル)視覚コミュニケーションデザイン学科にて教授を務める。
Born in 1973 in Daejon, South Korea. He completed a bachelor's and master's degree in photography at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, South Korea, and a M.A. in Fine Art and Theory at Middlesex University in London, U.K. He had a solo exhibition in Gana Insa Art Center with his series Real World (2007) and has lived and worked in Seoul since then. He has had more than 20 solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, Tokyo, and Seoul, and has participated in over 150 group exhibitions domestically and internationally. He was selected as a recipient of the Korea Artist Prize 2016, and was awarded the ILWOO Photography Prize in 2010. His works are collected in over 30 museums and art galleries, such as the J. Paul Getty Museum, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He is a professor of Visual Communication Design at Hongik University, South Korea.
Born in 1989 in Chicago, IL, USA. He is a multidisciplinary artist (with a concentration in photography) who lives and works in Chicago. His enthusiasm for multiple forms of visual communication assists in the overall practice of building skills and fabrication of projects in disciplines such as woodworking, digital inkjet printing, films, book making and design. His dedication and overall love for creating has been a major driving force in the work as he aims to build stronger networks with an array of artistic communities. In the fall of 2018, Mandela founded Projection Publishing. Projection works to promote and distribute artist books, memorabilia, and other periodicals that bring increased visibility and appreciation to various creative industries.
A dear person, animal, or a familiar view sometimes feels very distant. It's a sense of uncertainty and inviolability that suddenly strikes me like a gust of wind. When it happens, the object is really distant, no matter how close it is to my lens, or even if it smiles at me. I can see it but I can't touch it, as if there is a wall of glass between us. Photography reveals the existence of this glass, albeit quietly. But whether I grasp its nature or not is a whole other question. I can stay tranquil as long as I leave incomprehensibility as it is. This is not a depressive account. It is sad, but there is also a certain brightness in the distances of intimacy.
I don't always have my camera with me, nor do I intentionally go out to "take pictures". Instead, I spend most of my days not taking any photos at all. Most of the pictures in this book were taken before 2018. There are much fewer photos from the middle of 2019 onwards, and there were several reasons for that. I didn't feel like taking photos, or couldn't spare time for it, or the photography didn't seem to fit personal relations. I approve of the days when I didn't take pictures. Sometimes, the moment is gone before you can pick up a camera. That being said, it's not that photography isn't a core part of my life. I'd be incapacitated without my camera!
What did I want to do with this book, I wonder? It's certainly not to keep myself always on the lookout to capture a particular moment, nor to create a setting for ideal pictures. I'm not eagerly pursuing a totally new mode of expression either. I react to scenes which I unavoidably come across in everyday life, such as communicating with others, time that doesn't seem to move, a shadow that sways, or a ray of frozen light. I fix my eyes on them and release the shutter. Is it a record of life? Maybe not.
I feel great interest in and attachment to my childhood memories, as well as the everyday life that I'm living. The former makes a unique album, whereas the latter is for an album-to-be, for which I'm in charge of selecting everything. I choose where to live, what to eat, how to wear and whom to get along with. I could get off the train at an unfamiliar station. I could dance with cats.
Countless choices and experiences create a particular person, one who resembles no one else. Everyone has a collection of unique episodes, and I've been deeply moved by the texture of such episodes that live on in artistic productions such as clothes, movies and music. Although private in origin, they are pliable, they have a certain transferability. The good productions strike a chord in us and show us a vision of the unknown. That is what I want to do with photography.
関連写真展
木村和平 写真展「あたらしい窓」
会期:2020年12月12日(土)〜12月27日(日)
時間:12:00~19:00(水曜定休) 会場:BOOK AND SONS(東急東横線 学芸大学駅 徒歩約3分 ) 入場無料
Born in 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. Graduated from the Painting Department of Tama Art University. Based in Tokyo, she has exhibited her works in Japan and abroad. In 2004 , she began living on a boat in the Pacific Ocean, and now lives on Molokai, a remote Hawaiian island with a population of only 7,000 . She lives in a house on a hilltop called Heaven at 131 with her husband, an American psychologist, and their two daughters. She photographs her daily life with her IPhone while painting a canvas of a future landscape of thousand years later.
Past Major Publications
Molokai Days(Little More)
The Gift from Molokai(Sangyo Hensyu Center)
Love Speaks(Korinsha)
Heavenly Brights(Newsbase)
Solo and Group Exhibitions
1999 "Love'n pieces" WATARI-UMuseum ON SUNDAYS (Aoyama)
2001 "Wedding Party of Ocean and Sky" HIROMI YOSHII (Yokohama)
2002 "LAND" Zero One Projects (Los Angeles)
2003 "GIRL! GIRL!GIRL!" at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (Hatsudai)
2004 "Cafe In Mito 2004 " Art Tower Mito (Mito)
2013 "RETROSPECTIVE" Molokai Art Center (Hawai'i)
2019 "Special Days" MAISON de MARUYAMA/KEITA MARUYAMA,(Aoyama)
When walking the streets of Kyoto I encounter tableaus where the traces of demolished old houses are left on the outer walls of the neighbouring property.
They have the appearance of fossils representing past human's lives. They are exposed to rain and wind, and will over time abrade away or disappear completely when a new building appears.
At some point, in the end, all these outer walls and such tableaus will be demolished, and disappear from our memories without a trace.
'The flow of the river is ceaseless and its water is never the same.
The bubbles that float in the pools, now vanishing, now forming, are not of long duration: so in the world are man and his dwellings.'
Hojoki by Kamo no Chomei Donald Keene, translated, 1955, Anthology of Japanese Literature, New York Press
Artist Information
三宅 章介 (みやけ あきよし)
1950年神戸生まれ、京都を拠点に活動。
1970年代よりギャラリー16 他で個展、グループ展多数開催。 2018年から2020年にかけて、個展「切妻屋根の痕跡のための類型学」「切妻屋根の痕跡のための類型学 Ⅱ」「切妻屋根の痕跡のための類型学 III /LIVE」を、Lumen gallery(京都)にて連続開催(KG+)。
1950 Born in Kobe
1976 Completed the Department of Design,
Kyoto City University of Arts
Solo exhibition
1974〜88 galerie 16(kyoto) and others
2018 「Typology for Traces of Gable Roofs」Lumen gallery(KG+)
2019 「Typology for Traces of Gable Roofs Ⅱ」Lumen gallery(KG+)
2020 「Typology for Traces of Gable Roofs III /LIVE」Lumen gallery(KG+)
Group exhibition
1972, 89, 90, 95 OUR WORKS Exhibition 2017, 18, 19 Kyoto Photo Exhibition
Open call for participants
1997 Osaka Triennale
1998, 99 Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition 2000 International Print Triennial - Kraków 2001 Yoshihara Jira Award Art Competition
Award
1997 5th Prinz 21 Grand Prix Exhibition Semi- Grand Prix
1998 '98 Kyoto Art and Craft Exhibition Excellence Award
1999 Kyoto Exhibition Kyoto Exhibition Award 2000 Sapporo International Print Biennale Mr.Qing san