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Taipei Art Book Fair 2024_3

Book Fair: The venue for Day-2 Taipei Art Book Fair 2024 is Huashan 1914 Cultural and Creative Industry Park, which was founded in 1914 as a sake brewery.、After that, it apparently operated as a wine factory until 1987.。After the factory closed, artists advocated turning the site into an arts center.、1999``Huashan Art and Culture District'' was officially established in 2016.。 –From Huashan 1914 HP。 In addition to the building that will serve as the book fair venue, the vast site also has several exhibition spaces and a movie theater.、It also features restaurants and pop-up stores.。There is also an outdoor theater on the lawn at the entrance.、It truly feels like the center of Taipei's arts and culture.。There is also a skateboard park and basketball court under the overpass across the road.、Many young people gather here as well and it is lively until late at night.。UNFOLD 2019 I felt it when I went to M50, the venue for the Shanghai Art Book Fair.、Is it possible to build a facility like this in Tokyo? and、I feel jealous。(Maybe there is no land in Tokyo...) The second day of the book fair is on Saturday.、There were far more visitors than the previous day.。It seems like young artists and art lovers from all over Taipei are gathering here.。Expectations will naturally rise for sales and sales.。 Huge queue waiting to get in。There are no particular admission restrictions, so、The venue gets crowded over time。 Crowds like this in front of popular booths。I'm not in a situation where I can just relax and read a book.。 After the fair, students、I also asked another friend's booth.、Many people said that sales were lower on this day than the day before.。also、It seems that the number of visitors and the number of sales are not proportional.。 Even in such a situation、Students enthusiastically engage in customer service and sales.。Kazama-kun, a one-man operation, was working hard without taking a break.。 Commemorative photo with exhibitors from other booths who purchased books。 ENCOUNT to my former student Kim Ah-reum! She also exhibited at Tokyo Art Book Fair 2024。 before、I also gave ENCOUNT to PIDAN, who I met at another event! Her books were of high quality.。 2Mr. Shen (left), who participated from the grade team, previously worked as a police officer in Taipei.。My classmate from the police academy came to visit me.。 2019I met Ikushu again, whom I met at Photo ONE in 2018.。Thank you for purchasing “Tokyo Strut”! This customer also made a purchase。"Tokyo Strut" is sold out including the sample book.。 This customer purchased an original print set from "TIBET"。Which cut should I choose?、I like seeing the faces of customers who are worried.。 This expression says “I decided on this cut!”。If people are happy with it, the author will be happy.。

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Taipei Art Book Fair 2024_2

Book Fair: The official name of the Day-1 Taipei Art Book Fair is "Kobashi Taipei Art Book Fair"。5My seminar students also participated in the same event a year ago.、We heard from the students about the scale of the event and the atmosphere of the venue.。(At that time, I had an exhibition in Germany.、(It was not possible to accompany them) Also, looking at past archive images, etc.、Compared to other book fairs such as Tokyo Art Book Fair、I get the impression that it's a pretty rough and casual event.。So、Let's look up the meaning of the Chinese word "grass rate season" again.。 [Grass rate cǎo shuài] is [sloppy, sloppy, crude] I see.、Consent。I like this naming.、I like the rough atmosphere of the venue.、I thought it was a suitable event for the students' book fair debut.。 The fair starts in the afternoon、Let's all have a good breakfast and prepare for a long battle.。(Fair ends at 9pm) Booth set up in the morning。The inside of the booth and the aisles were narrower than I expected in advance.、I also struggled with the decorations.。 On the back wall of the booth, there is color proofing paper and、Layout of original T-shirts made by students。 Are you considering the environment?、Is it a budget issue?、The fixtures are also of rough specifications.。The table and back wall are made of cardboard、The legs of the table are egg cartons.。 2The name of the booth for the first year students is “405A”.、The name of the classroom where the seminar is held is used as is.。Arimoto's photo book is also on sale.。 1The first year students participated in three teams: A, B, and C.、Six out of seven members of Team A will not be participating due to various reasons! ? result、The operation ended up being carried out by Kazama-kun alone...。The booth name is "1ost memo" because I feel lonely when there are not many books on the table.、I hurriedly purchased Shuhei Motoyama's ``Japan'' and STAIRS PRESS books and lined them up.。 Hit and change、All 6 members of B team participated.。A small, hand-bound zine is nicely displayed.。The booth name is "W3NZL" Team C will be participated by these three people。ZINEs uniformly A4 sized are neatly lined up.。The booth name is "MAMMOTH REALM" This team applied for a larger booth than usual, so we were able to create a layout with plenty of room.、I also think the teamwork and customer service were good.。 Shin-kun has a bright and friendly personality.、I actively talked to various people and made many friends.。 I'm tired. See you tomorrow.。(I'm tired. See you tomorrow.) Some booths left before the end of the first day.。This also means "grass rate".。 The first day of the book fair may be on a weekday.、The number of people is moderate。However, the students who were participating for the first time looked tired even though they were having fun.。

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Taipei Art Book Fair 2024_1

113 days from the 22nd to the 24th of the month、I participated in the Taipei Art Book Fair 2024, which was held at the Huashan 1914 Cultural and Creative Industry Park in Taipei, with my seminar students.。 At Tokyo Visual Arts, where I am an instructor,、There are seminar slots where instructors can set their own content.、Seminars on various topics are held。So, as an experiment, I started recruiting students for this year's seminar with the long-winded name ``Seminar on Creating a ZINE and Participating in Book Fairs.''。By the way, the content of the seminar is exactly as the name suggests.。5More than 40 students participated in the orientation held at the beginning of the month, far exceeding expectations.。I'm very grateful for this、It would be difficult to hold a course with this number of people.。So I decided to offer the course to students who have laptops and Adobe Creative Cloud.、However, there were still 28 applicants.、In the end, it was decided that first and second year students would be separated and the same content would be taught twice.。Furthermore, students were divided into four teams.、Each team will enter Taipei Art Book Fair。result、All teams win。Including international students who were unable to obtain a Taiwanese visa.、Some of the seminar students did not participate in the book fair.、Still, all 15 students left for Taiwan! The day before the fair、At Ningxia night market。I basically worked with these six second-year members.。 Students' website ≫ https://405a.tokyo/

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Photo exhibition “Turtle Dove” / "Tokyo Turtle Dove" has ended。

Photo exhibition “Turtle Dove” / "Tokyo Turtle Dove" has ended。During the exhibition、Everyone who came to visit us、Everyone who purchased photo books and original prints、Everyone who gave it to me、Thank you for。This exhibition、TPPG consists of portraits taken after a long time.。18Since the beginning of this gallery years ago,、I have been presenting portrait works from the Shinjuku area in a series of exhibitions entitled "ariphoto".、Exhibiting new photos is always a pain...。In particular, this time it's a portrait in the Tama area.、Unlike urban areas, there are very few passersby.、When I started filming, I had a hard time finding people.。Nevertheless、``Instead of doing something interesting、"I'll do it until what I'm doing becomes fun," I told myself as I continued to shoot every day.、Although it was a small number, I have had many encounters.、I was able to feel that each piece was connected to the work.。Also, the sky is wider in the Tama area compared to the city center.、When photographing a person with the sky in the background,、Reminiscent of a photoshoot I took in Tibet when I traveled once.。The camera is also the RolleiFlex that I used in Tibet.、The way I meet people and the tempo of conversations are somewhat laid-back.、I was able to relax in a good way and continue shooting.。Try exhibiting this time、I have a strong desire to develop this series even further.、I plan to continue taking photos so that I can someday produce a photo book.。 than a flashy installation、You can look closely at each photo one by one.、I like a calm exhibition space.。

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Clear weather seminar

I think it's snowing、The temperature may exceed 20 degrees、This February, the weather is unpredictable。The forecast two weeks ago was for rain.、Is your daily behavior good?、The day of the climb was an unusually sunny day.。Although it was a little muddy from the melting snow.、The temperature is also warm、It was a nice day in the mountains。 The steps of the students are also light.、keep climbing up。 Shuu-kun also contributed to the “brilliant appearance” of the camera group photo.、color negative、color positive、three digital devices。 …even if、Everyone is too focused on climbing.。Enjoy more scenery、Why not stop and observe the vegetation?。 Even if you just go down to the stream, the scenery you see will change.。 In any case, everyone made it to the summit safely.。This year's group photo looks a little silly。 in another class、Shin-kun, who had a class in the classroom, also joined us.、End with grilled meat for the first time before the coronavirus pandemic。Thank you for your work, everyone。

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Mt. Takao Camera Style 2024

This is an annual class shot on location at Mt. Takao.、This year, the second year students will be carrying in their graduation exhibition the day before.、Held only for first year students。So I don't have many cameras.、9I think it's a good trend to have 12 cameras for each participant (including Arimoto)。

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Magazine “Photo” vol.5 “FACES”

18 pages of the new work "Turtle Dove" are published in the magazine "Photo" vol. 5 "FACES" released on the 20th of May.。Please look for the hand at a bookstore。Also between January 25th and March 3rd、Published by Fugensha、Only two pieces of the same work are on display.。 A reception party will be held on the first day, January 25th (Thursday) from 17:00 to 20:00.。This is a paid event (participation fee：3,000Yen "Photography" vol.5 (1 book + 1 drink included)、There will also be events such as a mochi-pounding competition and a lion dance in front of Fugensha Shrine.、I would appreciate it if you could participate。 There will be a class at a photography school on that day.、My participation will start around 6pm.。Sorry, please understand。

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What is photography for you? ?

“C’est quoi pour vous la photographie” published by the French publisher “CHIBI INTERNATIONAL” ?The works and text are published in the book ``。This book asks 100 Japanese photographers the question, "What does photography mean to you?"、I have posted the responses along with the work.。Bilateral translations in English and Japanese are also included.、This may be a hint to deciphering the thought process of each artist in creating their works.。Available in Japan but I think that difficult、Please take a look if you have a chance。

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1964 FORD MUSTANG

9He has continued to shoot in the Tama area since the exhibition “TOKYO DEAD END” held in April.。

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fake TOKYO CAMERA STYLE

@Zen Foto Gallery, Roppongi NIKON F4 with AF Nikkor 28mm f/2.8D (Super mint condition!) Bile shake / Photographer: Mark Pearson ≫ Zen Foto Gallery ≫ Tokyo Camera Style

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Congratulations! Mark received the Photographic Society of Japan International Award

The owner of ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Mark Pearson, received the Photographic Society of Japan International Award last year.。However, at that time there was also a corona vortex、Award ceremony canceled。The pyramid devil with ZEN FOTO GALLERY、Parties with many people were refrained from holding。and a year later、Mark's visit to Japan finally came true、In conjunction with that, we decided to hold a small party.。including me、Many photographers who have been indebted to Mr. Mark on a regular basis rushed to、We were able to celebrate the award over the first year。Mark、congratulations! Presentation of bouquets by ZEN FOTO GALLERY staff。 Terutaka Hashimoto、Mr. Kazuo Kitai, an influential photographer, gave us a greeting.。 Partying on the Pyramidheville's spacious terrace is great (... unless it rains)。

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cherry blossoms

I see the same cherry blossoms every year、look different every year、yet beautiful every year。

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Cairo 2023_10

Thanks Cairo (Thanks Cairo) : First remembered during my stay in Cairo、The word I used the most was شكرا (shukran, thank you)。 wherever you go、Also in Japan、I'm glad that there are foreigners who speak Japanese.、always helped。I was really helped by many people during my stay.、I think the biggest contributor to this event was Yasmin, who took on the role of interpreter.。She has also studied abroad in Japan and speaks very fluent Japanese.。Even so, I think I had a hard time translating proper nouns such as photography terminology and the photographer's name.、I myself often derailed and talked about topics that were not in the meeting.。Thank you for your kind attention to each and every one of them.。 Director Ms. Hashimoto of the Japan Foundation Cairo Japan Center、Ms. Nevin、and Mr. Kawakita took care of everything from flight and hotel arrangements to local coordination.。Also, Mr. Medhat, our driver, who picked us up at the airport, took care of us during our stay.。Everyone who participated in other lectures and workshops、Everyone from PHOTOPIA who provided the workshop venue、Ms. Sumitomo who showed us around the pyramids、Thank you to all the people I met in Cairo。Moving to the lecture venue、Yasmin looking at the sunset over the Nile

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Cairo 2023_9

al-Ahram: An article about the lecture and workshop I held in Cairo、Featured in Al-Ahram, a leading local newspaper。I hope this will lead to more visitors for the "Tokyo Before/After" exhibition.。But I posted it here half-jokingly、It's funny that the selfie of the climber when sightseeing the pyramids is adopted as a profile picture。

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Cairo 2023_8

Gourmet Egypt: For breakfast during my stay in Cairo, the hotel buffet was delicious, so I ate a lot there.。So I often spent time without eating lunch.。And for dinner, the local staff treats you to a high-class Egyptian restaurant.、Having dinner with the people who participated in the lecture (again at a high-end restaurant)、I didn't have a chance to go to a local restaurant.。So on the last day of my stay, I pestered Mr. Kawakita (fluent in Arabic) of the Japan Foundation Cairo, who guided me around Old Cairo.、I was allowed to join a nameless local food stall。I don't know how to order as there is no menu.。This is what Mr. Kawakita asked me for a suitable set meal.。A set meal of the classic national dish "Foul"。Food stalls that you want to eat at least once when you come abroad。Fine dining was good too.、This one seems to be my favorite。Fava bean croquette (Tamiya) and fried eggplant (Moussaka)、Served with Egyptian pita bread (Aish)。delicious! This is the Arabic coffee I drank in Old Cairo Castle、A style of brewing finely ground beans without filtering and drinking the skim。It has a wild flavor。 Other egyptian food、Clockwise from top left: Seasoned rice wrapped in grape leaves (waraenap)、Skewered hamburger (Kofta)、Forgot the name but cheese croquette、Seasoned rice stuffed intestines (Montbar)。Egyptian cuisine uses a lot of spices.、I think that it is a seasoning that is familiar to Japanese people without any strange habits (although I felt the saltiness was strong overall).。By the way, the rice was Japonica variety.。

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