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<As of April 2008> N.B. The program below is subject to additions and alterations.

Photography Photography Project: "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol. 10" John Davis in Shizuoka Photo:Y.Unno Prefecture Photographer Dates Shizuoka John Davies/United Kingdom ※One more photographer for Shizuoka March 13 - April 2 Nagasaki Mette Tronvoll/Norway   Cary Markerink/the Netherlands March 23 - April 28 April 14 - May 9 Ibaraki Marco Bohr/Germany March 14 - April 2 ※Click here for the details of “European Eyes on Japan / Japan Today”. This is the tenth round of photography in the EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee photography project. Five up-and-coming European photographers will be turning their lenses on Shizuoka, Nagasaki and Ibaraki prefectures to depict their contemporary aspect. Plans are for the work that emerges from this round of shooting to feature in another collection of photography and in an exhibit touring Japan and Europe beginning next year. We look forward to what might draw their gaze and how they will depict these three prefectures.

Photography Photograph Exhibition: "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol. 9" (Kagoshima city) Exhibision Brochure(Click here for detail) Dates： April 8-20 2008 Place： Kagoshima City Museum of Art Photographer： Stephen Gill（Photographed in Kagoshima-city, Shibushi-city/United Kingdom） Nicu Ilfoveanu（Photographed in Kagoshima-city, Kirishima-city, Satsunan/Romania） Cuny Janssen (Photographed in Amami Oshima/the Netherlands） ※Click here for the details of photography project "European Eyes on Japan / Japan Today". This traveling exhibit is the ninth in the European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today photography project. Photographers Stephen Gill and Nicu Ilfoveanu, who did their photography in Kagoshima city, will visit Japan for the opening of the exhibit and offer gallery talks and workshops in connection with it, as well as taking part in symposia and other related events. We hope this opportunity to interact with the actual photographers directly will provide the occasion for reflecting on their perspectives.

Photography "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol. 9" Essay Contest Exhibition-affiliated program Brochure of Essay Contest(Click here for detail) Submission period： April 8 ‐ May 7 2008 Contemporary Kagoshima as depicted by up-and-coming European photographers. What impression did the photographers' sentiments and the images of their own native towns make on the people who came into touch with their work? This volume collects the unpretentious, open essays contributed by visitors to the "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol. 9" photography exhibition at the Kagoshima City Art Museum. Conceptual theme: "Thoughts on viewing a photograph" * Instructions for ordering are here. (Available only in Japanese.)

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