Todays Exhibitions
Today I was at four exhibitions. The first one was in Shibuya, Le Deco called Shiro Kuro Show (白黒ショー). This one was from several photographers, all black and white, and very interesting as you could see several styles.
One of the photographers was there and I had a nice talk with him. He showed me around and one of the photographers, who works at the Osaka Tax Office, always takes a shot of himself at the toilet. This was a really awesome idea. And of course all of those pictures hung in the toilet there.
The show runs until 5th (sun) of September.
The next show was in Nishi Azabu, in the Gallery Emon. The photographer is Koji Onaka and his photos were from his trip in Mexiko, and he used a X-PAN camera (not the Hasselblad, but the Fuji model) and his photos were just amazing. all color, amazing landscapes and moments there. The show runs until 10th of September. 100% worth the visit. Probably the best of the four shows I watched today.
Emon Photo Gallery in Nishi Azabu
Next stop was Shinjuku, Place M, where Kawaguchi Kazuyuki has a show. All his shots were done with Phase one backs and they look amazing. Probably the best digital prints I have seen in a long time and the first time I actually saw really large, about A2, prints of Phase One back pictures. He also used the back on a Horseman SW camera with a Schneider lens, and those are even better than the one taken with the Phase One (Mamiya 645) camera.
Show runs until 5th of September.
Then, when I went back down, I saw that in M2 room was a great long endless picture from a street in India. Really awesome pictures. It is not one seamless, but several pictures put together to look like one. Very interesting.
India Street Scene in Place M, M2 Room
The last show I went to was in the Gallery Niépce, also in Shinjuku, called Castles made of sand (砂のお城) Vol.2 by Ohmura Shoichi. He is a very young photographer, but I liked some of his pictures, especially his portrait shots were really good. All in all quite interesting shots around Shinjuku. He shot everything with an old Rolleiflex, which he got from his teacher, sort of for free.
This show also runs until 5th of September.
