Hidekuni Imazu "Japan’s Northernmost Zoo: Asahiyama"
The Nippon Gallery
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The subject of works in this exhibition is the lively daily life of animals in Asahiyama Zoo, which is the most popular zoo in Japan. It was once in the crisis of closure, but has renovated nearly half of its animal exhibits in delightfully creative ways, designed to benefit the inhabitants as much as the visitors. The animals there are very happy because they are doing what they want. The reforms have paid off commercially, too, given that happy animals equal happy visitors.
Hidekuni Imazu has been in charge of photographs for pamphlets and posters for publicity of the zoo since 2002. Photographs of humorous and dynamic animals Imazu took were introduced in the TIME magazine in 2005, and have played an important part of increase of visitors.
According to Imazu, his approach for creating art is “taking photos which animals like”. He hopes that “seeing these photos will make people feel that human beings are simply a member of the animal kingdom”. Imazu’s goal is to coexist with animals through photography.
In this exhibition, 50 photos will be on display.
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Schedule
from November 10, 2010 to November 16, 2010