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April 6, 2008 at 17:25 · Filed under Award, Exhibition, Photographer, Publication
Just a short post after a long hiatus, but I hope to post more in the upcoming months.
I know I wrote a few times about Rinko Kawauchi - with whom I had a very pleasant dinner in Tokyo a few weeks ago -, but since this is the first time that her famous series “Utatane” from 2001 is exhibited in a solo show outside Japan, I thought it is worth to mention it.
Rinko Kawauchi “Uatane”, at Art77, presented by Antoine de Vilmorin (until May 3).
As far as I know there has not been much written about the series and book “Utatane” (in contrary to “Aila”) and which has lead to Rinko’s national and international breakthrough. For “Utatane” (and for her book “Hanabi” [Fireworks]) the artist received the prestigious Kimura Ihei Award and the book was included in the “The Photobook: A History. Vol. 2″ by Parr and Badger. Badger wrote a very interesting comment on Rinko and “Utatane” in the photobook anthology:
Just when it seems that everything has been photographed, in every possible way, along comes a photographer, whose work is so original that the medium is renewed. Such a photographer is Rinko Kawauchi, who makes simple, lyrical pictures, so fresh and unusual that they are difficult to describe or classify.
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November 28, 2004 at 21:20 · Filed under Award, Photographer
I forgot this in my last post on Daido Moriyama:
Daido Moriyma received the Cultural Award of the German Photographic Society (DGPh) in Cologne on November 1. The award is the most important photography award in Germany and is presented every year.
The award: a gold mounted lens
The award winners include internationally renowned scientists, inventors, writers, publishers, editors, lecturers, art directors and, in particular, top photographers from Germany and abroad. Previous photographers who received the price are (to name a few): August Sander, Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, Peter Keetman, David Hockney and Wim Wenders.
November 23, 2004 at 13:11 · Filed under Award, Exhibition, Photographer
Yasuhiko Uchihara: Tomato
Yasuhiko Uchihara is the winner of the “Grand Prix” of the 27th New Contest of Photography (link in Japanese).
Canon launched the public competition project “New Cosmos of Photography” in the autumn of 1991, to discover, foster and support new faces in photography, who challenge to pursue possibilities in photographic expressions. Unrestricted and original works, experimental collaborative works of different genres in image expressions, works of digital images, and not to mention, works made with conventional plate cameras, are to be encouraged. The “New Cosmos of Photography” contest is held twice a year.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography will show the grand prix winner and the excellent work prize winners of the “New Cosmos of Photography 2004″ from November 27.
PS: Finally the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography set up a homepage in English. Unfortunatly the information on the exhibitions and events is, except the titles and dates, still in Japanese :-(.
