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Jan.18.2008

“New Cosmos of Photography Exhibition” Tour 2008 in Sendai, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka

The award-winning works of New Cosmos of Photography 2008 (the 30th competition) are to be exhibited at four venues in Sendai, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka, respectively, starting on February 22, 2008.

The works included in the touring exhibition are three Co-Grand Prize winning works and three Excellence Award winning works chosen from a total of 1,277 entries to New Cosmos of Photography 2007 (the 30th competition), and new works of the Grand Prize winner of New Cosmos of Photography 2006 (the 29th competition). This touring exhibition brings together featured exhibits from the highly reputed “New Cosmos of Photography 2007 Tokyo Exhibition” held at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography last November.

[Exhibitors]
[Co-Grand Prize winner of New Cosmos of Photography 2007]
Megumi Kurosawa, Noriko Takuma and Daisuke Nakashima
[Excellence Award winner of New Cosmos of Photography 2007]
Yuki Aoyama, Toshifumi Tafuku and Shinya Nakazato
[Simultaneous event]
Solo exhibition of new works by Cozue Takagi, the Grand Prize winner of New Cosmos of Photography 2006
[Event Overview]

(1) “New Cosmos of Photography; Sendai Exhibition 2008”

Date : Friday, February 22 - Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Time : 10:00 - 19:00
Closed : Thursday, February 28
Venue : Sendai Mediatheque 6Fa
2-1, Kasuga-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, 980-0821
Tel : 022-713-3171
Access : (By public transportation)
  • Subway : 5 minutes on foot from Kotodai Koen station
  • Bus : Take a bus bound for Kotsukyoku Daigaku Byoin via Jozen-ji St., and get out at Mediatheque-mae stop
  • On foot : 20 minutes from Sendai station
(By car)
  • Tohoku Expressway: 10 minutes from Sendai Miyagi IC
Admission : Free
Sponsor : Canon Inc.
Co-sponsor : Sendai Mediatheque (Sendai Human and Community Foundation)

Related event* Artist Talk Show (in the exhibition room)

Date/Time : Saturday, February 23; 15:00-
Panel
(scheduled)		 : Toru Ito (Special Award winner of New Cosmos of Photography 1997) and Kotaro Iizawa (Photo critic)
Date/Time : Saturday, March 1; 15:00-
Panel
(scheduled)		 : Megumi Kurosawa, Noriko Takuma, Daisuke Nakashima, Yuki Aoyama, and Cozue Takagi

(2) “New Cosmos of Photography; Osaka Exhibition 2008”

Date : Saturday, March 29 - Sunday, April 13, 2008
(Open throughout the exhibition period)
Time : 10:00 - 19:00
Venue : OAP Artcourt
1F, 1-8-5 Tenmabashi, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-0042
Tel : 06-6354-5444
Access : (By public transportation)
  • JR loop line : 8 minutes on foot from the west exit of Sakuranomiya station
  • JR Tozai line : 10 minutes on foot from Osaka Tenmangu station
  • Subway : 10 minutes on foot from Minami Morimachi station
Admission : Free
Sponsor : Canon Inc.
Cooperation at venue

: Yagi Art Management Inc.

Related event* Artist Talk Show (in the exhibition room)

Date/Time : Saturday, March 29; 15:00-
Panel
(scheduled)		 : Noriko Takuma, Daisuke Nakashima, Toshifumi Tafuku, and Cozue Takagi
Date/Time : Saturday, April 12; 15:00-
Panel
(scheduled))		: Shinryo Saeki (Excellence Award winner 2001), Palla and Yoshinori Henguchi (Excellence Award winners 2006)

(3) “New Cosmos of Photography; Nagoya Exhibition 2008”

Date : Tuesday, April 22 - Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Time : 10:00 - 19:00
(15:00 - 19:00 the first day, 10:00 - 16:00 the last day)
Closed : Monday, April 28
Venue : Nishi (West) Gallery, Denki Bunka Kaikan
2-2-5 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya, 460-0008
Tel : 052-204-1133
Access : (By public transportation)
  • Subway: Higashiyama line or Tsurumai line;
    2 minutes on foot from exit 4 of Fushimi station
  • City Bus, Loop Bus: Take a “Sakae 758” bus at Nagoya station; 1 minute on foot from Hirokoji Fushimi Higashi stop
(By car)
  • 30 meters south of Hirokoji Nagashima-cho traffic lights
Admission : Free
Sponsor : Canon Inc.

Related event* Artist Talk Show (in the exhibition room)

Date/Time : Saturday, April 26; 15:00-
Panel
(scheduled)		 : Megumi Kurosawa, Noriko Takuma, Yuki Aoyama, Shinya Nakazato, and Cozue Takagi
Date/Time : Sunday, April 27; 15:00-
Panel
(scheduled)		 : Masafumi Sanai

(4) “New Cosmos of Photography; Fukuoka Exhibition 2008”

Date : Thursday, May 29 - Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Time : 10:00 - 20:00 (until 17:00 the last day)
Closed : Wednesday, June 4
Venue : Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Kikaku Gallery A)
Hakata Riverain 7F
3-1 Shimokawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 812-0027
Tel : 092-263-1100
Access : (By public transportation)
  • City Subway : Close to exit 6 (on the Kawabata side) of Nakasu-kawabata station
  • Bus : Near Kawabatamachi Hakataza-mae stop
(By car)
Urban Expressway :
  • Approximately 5 minutes from Gofukumachi Ramp
  • Approximately 7 minutes from Chiyo Ramp
Admission : Free
Sponsor : Canon Inc.

Related event* Artist Talk Show (in Ajibi Hall, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum 8F)

Date/Time : Saturday, May 31; 15:00-
Panel
(scheduled)		 : Megumi Kurosawa, Daisuke Nakashima, Toshifumi Tafuku, Shinya Nakazato, and Cozue Takagi

*Note : Pre-reservation is not required for the artist talk shows at all venues, but depending on the situation on the day, entrance may be limited.

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A scene from “New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition2007”
Saturday, November 3 - Sunday, November 25, 2007
at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography


[Co-Grand Prize winning works of New Cosmos of Photography 2007 (the 30th competition)]
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Megumi Kurosawa “DOUBLE LIFE”
Selected by Nobuyoshi Araki

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Noriko Takuma “A blink”
Selected by Daido Moriyama


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Daisuke Nakashima “soshitsu-metoronom”
Selected by Kotaro Iizawa


[Solo Exhibition of New Works by the Grand Prize winner of New Cosmos of Photography 2006 (the 29th competition)]
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Cozue Takagi “laboratory1:”


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