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As part of their 60th anniversary celebration, the Japan Professional Photographers Society (JPS) will hold a major photo exhibition called Onna (おんな), which means “Woman.” It will be an exhibition of photos of women by over 130 renown Japanese photographers (living and deceased) including Akiyama Shotaro, Araki Nobuyoshi, Ishimoto Yasuhiro, Kimura Ihei, Gomi Akira, Domon [...]

The 1st PHOTONEXT photography trade show for professionals will be held on June 29-30, 2010 at Tokyo Big Sight. This is for portrait studios, wedding photographers, school portraits, and photo accessories. You won’t find big-name camera makers like Canon and Nikon who already showed at CP+ in Yokohama. If you went to CP+ and wondered [...]

One of Japan’s most famous photographers, Shinoyama Kishin made national headlines in May 2010 when he was charged with public indecency for shooting nudes in public places. He was shooting for a nude photo book titled 200XX Tokyo which went on sale in Jan. 2010. He was not arrested nor detained, but his home and office [...]

Well-known Japanese photographer Fujii Hideki (藤井 秀樹) died on May 3, 2010 at age 75. He succumbed to liver cancer. This is a major loss for Japanese photography. He was one of my very few favorite Japanese photographers and I was lucky enough to attend a few of his photo workshops. He had a very good [...]

Portraits of Independence Inside the Kachin Independence Army at the Shinjuku Nikon Salon; April 27th till May 3rd, 2010.  gallery talk May 1st at 1pm. Photo workshop on the 4th and 5th. 5,000 per day. more information about the show and workshop at http://www.ryanlibre.com In Burma everyone is oppressed. The Kachins, being ethnic and religious minorities, [...]

We are pleased to announce our participation to ART FAIR TOKYO 2010. For details about the fair, please visit the following website: http://www.artfairtokyo.com/ We are greatly value your patronage and look forward to seeing you at the fair. Thank you. Dates and hours : Friday, April 2　11:00am-9:00pm Saturday, April 3　11:00am-8:00pm Sunday, April 4　10:30am-5:00pm * The [...]

Japan sales of digital cameras in 2009 shrank by 4.5% compared to 2008. The average camera price also decreased by an average of about 7% compared to 2008 prices. This is according to BCN, a market research company in Japan and reported by NHK TV news today. The economic recession combined with a saturated digicam market [...]

Used cameras will be offered for sale by numerous vendors on Feb. 17-22, 2010 in Tokyo’s Matsuya Department Store (8th floor) in Ginza. Hours are 10 am to 8 pm (till 5 pm on the 22nd). Organized by I.C.S. For more info in Japanese, call 03-3567-1211 世界の中古カメラ市

Just when I got used to the name “Photo Imaging Expo (PIE),” they have created yet another incarnation of Japan’s largest camera show. It is now called the “Camera & Photo Imaging Show” abbreviated as CP+. And instead of being held in Tokyo, it will be held in Yokohama, at Pacifico Yokohama, a large convention [...]

In Yamaguchi, a mosaic of 120,000 photos of smiling faces created the world’s largest photo mosaic of poet Misuzu Kaneko. Over 200 residents took 6 hours to make the intriguing mosaic. See it here at the Japan Times: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100114f3.html

As a birthplace of photography in Japan, Yokohama will be staging a full-fledged photo festival from 2012. They will be holding a few activities as a prelude to the festival. One of them is the Open Portfolio Review. On Jan. 16-17, 2010, they will have a large room with a long table lined with photo [...]

Another photo museum has opened in Japan. This one is in the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture. Opened on Oct. 26, 2009, the new Izu Photo Museum is part of the Clematis no Oka museum complex. The museum was designed by Sugimoto Hiroshi who is also the first artist to exhibit at the new photo [...]

Izima Kaoru will hold an exhibition of his “Landscapes with a Corpse” series from Sept. 26 (Sat.) to Oct. 25, 2009 (Sun.) at BLD GALLERY in Tokyo. This is an unusual series of photos of high-fashion actresses posed as corpses in various situations, sometimes humorous. Read more about his work here: http://photoguide.jp/txt/IZIMA_KAORU He is also having [...]

Montreal-born photographer and friend Nathalie Daoust will have two exhibitions in Tokyo from late Aug. Hide and Sex At the Vanilla Gallery from August 24 to September 12, 2009 http://www.vanilla-gallery.com/ http://vanilla-gallery.com/gallery/nathalie/nathalie.html info@vanilla-gallery.com 2nd Kamata Bld.4F, 6-10-10 Ginza, Chuo-ku Tokyo,104-0061 Business Hours: 12:00-19:00 weekdays, 12:00-17:00 Saturday and holidays, closed on Sunday TEL&FAX 03 5568 1233 Her [...]

If you cannot read Japanese, beware when buying a digital camera in Japan. More manufacturers are starting to provide only Japanese (and maybe English as well) as the interface language that appears on the menu screens. Lumix, by Panasonic, is one popular camera brand which provides only Japanese language on its menu screens. If you [...]