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Sep.6.2011

New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2011 opens
Grand Prize selection open committee meeting to be held during the exhibition period

The New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2011 will present the Excellence Award-winning works of five artists and the Honorable Mention works of 20 artists, who were selected from among 1,305 entrants in 2011 (34th competition). An exhibition of new works by Karen Sato, Grand Prize winner 2010, will be held concurrently.

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 period. At the Grand Prize selection open committee meeting, Excellence Award winners will give presentations and each will have a question and answer session with the judges lasting approximately 15 minutes. This is a great opportunity to hear opinions, evaluations, and active discussions about current photographic expression through the award-winning works with this year's new group of judges. Do not miss it!

If you would like to attend the Grand Prize selection open committee meeting, please make an advanced reservation (application details will be made available on this homepage by early-October). We hope you will take this opportunity to attend the events.

Also, during the exhibition period, individuals in the photography industry will carry out a public review of the award-winning works, and award-winners will take part in events where they will talk about their concepts and intentions when creating their works, etc.

1. New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2011

Date	: Saturday, October 29 - Sunday, November 20, 2011 10:00 to 18:00 (Thursday and Friday until 20:00, closed on Monday, October 31 and November 7, November 14)
Venue	: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Exhibition Room on 1st basement) 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo (inside Ebisu Garden Place) Tel: 03-3280-0099 7 minutes on foot from the east exit of JR Ebisu station
Admission	: Free
Exhibiting artists	: Excellence Award winners 2011 (34th competition) Maya Akashika, Yoshiyuki Okuyama, Masanori Kito, Patrick Tsai, Mariko Yamada (total of five artists) (honorific titles omitted) Honorable Mention winners: 20 artists
Organizer	: Canon Inc.
Co-organizer	: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

Also scheduled is an exhibition of new works by Karen Sato [Grand Prize winner 2010 (33rd competition)] "Memento mori"

2. Grand Prize selection open committee meeting

Date	: Friday, November 11, 2011 15:30 to 18:00
Venue	: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 1F Hall
Capacity	: 120 on a first-come-first-served basis
Admission	: Free (advanced reservation required) Application details will be made available on this homepage by early October.
Committee	: Katsumi Omori (photographer), Masafumi Sanai (photographer), Noi Sawaragi (art critic), Minoru Shimizu (photo critic), and HIROMIX (photographer) (honorific titles omitted)

Excellence Award winning works 2011(34th competition)

Related events (honorific titles omitted)

1. Public review of award-winning works

While award-winners are waiting at their respective exhibition spaces, the reviewers will move freely around the exhibit area, and give public reviews of award-winning works by directly evaluating the works of award-winners that interest them. Visitors can hear these reviews up close, and they can also question the award-winners about their works.

Date	: Saturday, October 29, 2011 from 14:00 to 17:00
Venue	: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Exhibition Room on 1st basement)
Participants	: Participants: Applicants from the Excellence Award winners and Honorable Mention winners 2011 (34th competition), and Grand Prize winner 2010 (33rd competition)
Reviewers	: People related to the photography industry such as art dealers, editors, and curators, etc.

* Please note that admission may be refused according to congestion during the exhibition.

2. Artist talk show

After each of the exhibitors has made a presentation of approximately 10 minutes about the concepts that led to the creation of their works, there will be a 5-minute question and answer session with visitors, during a talk show of about 15 minutes with each exhibitor.

Date	: Saturday, November 5, 2011 from 15:30 to 17:00
Venue	: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Exhibition Room on 1st basement)
Admission	: Free (advanced reservation not required)
Artists (scheduled)	: (Scheduled) Five Excellence Award winners 2011 (34th competition) Grand Prize winner 2010 (33rd competition) Karen Sato

* Please note that admission may be refused according to congestion during the exhibition.