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Sony Imaging Gallery

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Faculty, Department of Photography, College of Art,
Nihon University Photo Exhibition SKY VI Kimiko Akimoto / Yuki Anabuki / Motoharu Yagi / Kazuto Hattori

Dates
Friday, December 1 - Thursday, December 7, 202311:00～19:00
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The Department of Photography (DOP) at the Nihon University College of Art is once again staging the Sky photographic exhibition, the sixth one.
All four of the DOP faculty members exhibiting their works at Sky VI are alumni of the school who were taught the basics at school and went on to use these basics to explore, develop and perfect their own expression styles. Moreover, because they are involved with diverse students on a regular basis, they look at a vast number of photos daily, spurring them to try different expression modes.
Teaching is their job and whatever personal creative work they do after that obviously limits when and where they can photograph. However, they have continued to photograph, intending to present their works. This time, they have announced new works.

Kimiko Akimoto is making her third appearance in two years. Observing the world with the five fundamental elements of earth, fire, water, wind and emptiness that form this world in mind, she expresses the connection between nature, cities and human beings, and the world beyond what can be seen. Despite her advanced printing techniques, she intentionally chose to express a world that differs from reality by daring to emphasize it in her prints in accordance with the image.

Yuki Anabuki is making his fifth appearance following last year. He incorporates new techniques, challenges diverse production methods and creates his own world of photographic expression. The works exhibited this time are some of his lifeworks that have been ongoing since 2004 and continue his work exhibited last year. While photographing the reality of the here and now, he recreates not a specific place and time, but his memories. All of the works are shot in scenes of ordinary life, but they are designed to evoke a sense of fluttery discomfort rather than the usual visual experience and to evoke memories.

Kazuki Hattori is making his third appearance in three years. Hattori, who had lived and worked in Kenya for an extended period of time, revisited Africa as a traveler and photographed these works just before COVID-19 broke out. These works convey the vast, powerful and beautiful lands as well as the bright and resilient people who live there. In this exhibition, the images of Africa, including the landscapes behind the photographs, are expressed in an installation-like manner, using African fabrics that remind us of the vivid lands and their people.

Motoharu Yagi is making his second appearance following last year. After honing his skills in the architectural photography industry, he became involved in education. While he is skilled in a wide range of fields from portraits to landscapes, he has made buildings his life's work. This time, his work examines the relationship between the environment and nature with a dam as its subject. The dam in the snow expresses a unique view of the world, prioritizing his own image while pursuing the beauty of tone in black and white photography.

These four photographers are presenting original works that they have carefully crafted, sticking to the final finish; they have been steadily continuing their creative work while fulfilling their mainstay jobs in education. I invite you to discover the breadth and depth of their photographic expression from the frames to the exhibition method.
In closing, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to everyone who has come to view this exhibition and to the many persons at Sony Imaging Gallery who made this exhibition possible.

Hitomi Nishigaki
Chair and Professor
Department of Photography
Nihon University

Explanation of Works
(In Japanese)

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