Oct.6.2004
New Cosmos of Photography 2006 Tokyo Exhibition to open
Grand Prize Selection Open-committee Meeting to be held during exhibition
The New Cosmos of Photography 2006 Tokyo Exhibition opens on November 11th. The exhibition will present six Excellence Award - winning works by seven artists and 28 Honorable Mention works by 29 artists from New Cosmos of Photography 2006 (29th competition). The open committee meeting to select one Grand Prize winner from among this year’s Excellence Award winners will also be held during the exhibition.
The Grand Prize Selection Open-committee Meeting highlighted by Excellence Award winner presentations, will also provide a forum for provocative exchanges with the selecting judges where you can hear a lot about photographism directly. A solo exhibition of new works by 2005 Grand Prize winner Akiko Ozawa entitled “babu” will be held at the same time. Other related events held during the exhibition include live conversation sessions with this year’s selecting judges.
New Cosmos of Photography 2006 accepted entries from May through June. A total of 1,505 entrants submitted 46,170 photographs, the most since the competition began.
1. New Cosmos of Photography 2006 Tokyo Exhibition
| Date | Saturday, November 11 − Sunday, December 3, 2006 |
| Time | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Thurs. and Fri. until 8:00 PM) |
| Holidays | Mondays |
| Venue | Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
2F Exhibition Room 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo (inside Ebisu Garden Place) 7-minute walk from JR or Hibiya Line Ebisu Station TEL 03-3280-0031 |
| Admission | Free |
| Exhibiting artists | Excellence Award winners 2006 (29th competition) Mika Kitamura + Yuki Watanabe, Asako Shimizu, Kozue Takagi, Yoshinori Henguchi, Palla, Izumi Yamada (six works by seven artists) Honorable Mention winners: 28 works by 29 artists |
| Organizer | Canon Inc. |
| Co-organizer | Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
| Also scheduled | Akiko Ozawa’s solo exhibition of new works “babu” Grand Prize winner 2005 (28th competition) |
2. Grand Prize Selection Open-committee Meeting
| Date | Friday, December 1, 2006 from 3:30 PM |
| Venue | Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 1F Hall |
| Capacity | 150 seats |
| Admission | Free (advance reservation required) |
| Committee | Nobuyoshi Araki (photographer), Kotaro Izawa (photo critic), Daido Moriyama (photographer), Fumio Nanjo (Mori Art Museum Assistant Director), Boris Mikhailov (photographer), Katsuhiko Hibino (artist) |
Izumi Yamada “yoko × Sueyo”
Selected by Nobuyoshi Araki
Mika Kitamura +Yuki Watanabe
“TWO SIGHTS PAST”
Selected by Kotaro Iizawa
Asako Shimizu “On her skin”
Selected by Fumio Nanjo
Kozue Takagi “insider”
Selected by Daido Moriyama
Yoshinori Henguchi “AKITARAOWARI”
Selected by Katsuhiko Hibino
Palla “found”
Selected by Boris Mikhailov
Simultaneous exhibition: Akiko Ozawa’s solo exhibition of new work, “babu”
(2005 Grand Prize winner)
Comment of the artist
Smoking, drinking, cell phones, the Internet, work, even chocolate − everyone has at least one thing in their life that they just can’t give up. Along with modernity comes dependency, vice, and dealing with the child within all of us. How many of us can say with certainty that we are fully in control of our adult nature?
Related events
1. Talk session with exhibitors
| Date | 1st session: Saturday, November 11, 2006 from 4:00 PM 2nd session: Saturday, November 25, 2006 from 4:00 PM |
| Venue | Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 2F Exhibition Room |
| Admission | Free (advance reservation not required) * Seating is limited. Admission cannot be guaranteed if there are more visitors than the capacity of the venue |
| Artists (scheduled) |
Akiko Ozawa, 2005 (28th competition) Grand Prize winner |
2. Talk session with selecting judges
(presented on the same day as the Grand Prize Selection Open-committee Meeting)
| Date | Friday, December 1, 2006 1:30 PM − 2:45 PM |
| Venue | Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 1F Hall |
| Capacity | 150 seats |
| Admission | ¥1,000 (advanced reservation required) |
| Artists (scheduled) |
Boris Mikhailov, Nobuyoshi Araki |
How to make reservations for the Grand Prize Selection Open-committee Meeting and conversation session with selection judges
| Capacity | 150 seats for each event |
| How to make a reservation | Reserve by sending reply mail postcard
(1) Selecting Judges’ talk show (2) Grand Prize Selection Open-committee Meeting (3) Both Send a reply postcard with name, telephone, address, and email address, and the corresponding number indicating which of the above events you wish to attend. The reply will be sent to the name and address on the card. |
| Reservation period | Wednesday, November 1 - (until seating capacity is reached) First come, first served based on the date of postmark. Postcards with postmark before November 1 will be disqualified. |
| Details | Posted on the New Cosmos of Photography Website in mid-October |
| Number of reservations | Each postcard can reserve seats for up to two persons (for two persons, also write the name of the second guest) |
| Notification | Those receiving reservation will be notified by postcard |
| Address | Canon, Inc. Cultural Program Operations Dept. 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo 146-8501 |
