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News - Exhibitions - Workshops
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Updated June 17, 2013

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I did a Pinhole Day Workshop in Tokyo again this year. It is the first workshop I’ve done in a long time! We all had a good time. You can see the results here.
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day had 3426 entries from 75 countries this year.

WPPD Pinhole Day Workshop April 28th

On 4/20, - My long-time assistant helped people to make their own pinhole cameras in preparation for shooting on the next day.
On 4/28, I led the workshop where we took photos with pinhole cameras, and had a wet darkroom setup for developing and printing paper negative. I gave group and individual instructions so beginners and advanced were both welcome. I also be “lecturing” about technique - how to and why to - and showing examples from my own portfolio.

For more details in Japanese see DM Flyer.
For info in English contact me or contact Roonee, the gallery sponsoring the workshop.
[247 photography Roonee] : 03-3341-8118  mosimosi@roonee.com

“Looking For the Sun”　

(Healing Landscapes Series)
2.5min
View on Youtube　https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joq-XWoJyO0

“Winter Solstice Dream”

As part of an art experiment, I recently made very short video from footage taken on Dec 21, the Winter Solstice in Japan. Watch on YouTube at this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPgS3EH0Bxw

Above photo copyright + courtesy MEC Design

http://edophotobiz.com/kyoto_info_2012.html
DM Flyer Here
Access English
http://www.ishinhotels.com/kyoto-royal/en/access/

This is a framing shop [Gallery HIROI] that has been handling my work for many years. Recently they have converted two walls into a mini gallery. I displayed 22 photo works and various books for sale. I showed works from the “Healing Landscapes” series.

Finished!

　
Edward Levinson Photo Exhibition

Selections from the “Mind Games” series
　June 4 – July 6th, 2012
at the The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan

16 photos in the Main Restaurant +Bar, 14 photos in the Masukomi Sushi Bar (more info in English here)
http://www.fccj.or.jp/node/7499

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Finished!

ENTRE DEUX Highlight Exhibition 2011-2012　at the Four Seasons Hotel Art Gallery.
Mikio HASUI / Muga MIYAHARA / Edward LEVINSON / Michel FRAPIER / Herbie YAMAGUCHI / Ichigo SUGAWARA / Masahiko TAKEDA
1 June (fri.) - 1 July (sun.) 2012　Edward had 4 pieces in this show.

Finished!

) Group Pinhole Show in Higashikawa-cho Hiokkaido for PPAS Festival 2012
http://photo-town.jp/gallery/info.htm

My thoughts and prayers go out to all those victims of the Japanese Earthquake and Tsumami.
I made a trip to the Tohoku area in early April for a magazine story, shooting landscapes, and also visited four areas that were devastated by the tsunami and earthquake. One year after things are still messy and far from normal. Two black and white pinhole photos from Miyagi-ken Higashi Matsushima are below.

Photos from the disaster area in Miyagi Prefecture 宮

I posted some Photos from Chernobyl Area in Belarus, 1992 (26 years have passed!)
I still remember how beautiful the land and people are.
http://edophotobiz.com/chernobyl.html

In 2012, I did a Worldwide Pinhole Day Workshop again sponsored by Roonee 247 Photography in Tokyo!
April 28 -29th. You can view my photo here. And you can view the workshop’s group photos together here. Participants photos will be added gradually unit May 31st

 

My new color works are featured on the website gallery of Tokyo-GA, a project of 100 Photographers images of Tokyo.
「http://www.tokyo-ga.org/photographers/edwardlevinson/

It’s been one year since the publishing of my essay book in Japanese:
I am now working on the manuscript submission for an English reading audience. Wish me luck. Inquiries welcome.
Working tittle “Adventures in Paradise” - A Spiritual Memoir of a Life in Japan ( Japanese title “My Way of Planting”)
Spring Seasonal haiku from the book.
Spring buds… 　　　　　　春の芽や
clinched fists waiting 　閉じて 待つ拳
to break open 　　　　　　こじ開けよ　　

Haru no meya, Tojite matsu kobushi, Kojiake yo

Spring morning 　　　　　　　　　　春の朝
small bird dances at window 　　窓辺で踊る小鳥
calling me to play 　　　　「きみ遊ぼう」

Haru no asa, Madobe de odoru kotori, " Kimi asobou"　

More info here IN JAPANESE 詳しくはこちへ

Click here for a series of photos in remembrance of the Japanese disaster March 11, 2011

The above photo was taken at the Peace Park Memorial in Hiroshima on the site where the atomic bomb fell. The small statue in the sky is dedicated to the young girl Sadako, who became a symbol for peace. Sadako had leukemia from the radiation and set a goal of making1000 paper cranes believing that would make her better. She died before her wish came true, but making the paper cranes for peace  become a tradition around the world. Japanese school children pay homage to her at the Peace Park.

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　More Past Edward Levinson Photo Exhibition Info！
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Tokyo Writer, Tom Baker, wrote about my new pinhole works on display in Ginza and my photo book "Timescapes Japan" in English on his blog -
check it out http://tokyotombaker.wordpress.com/

Recently Finished Shows :

Edo in Group Show in Chiba City
Session in Mutsu 展 Edo had four pieces in the show.
May 11-18th
May 12 concert from 5pm. Edo and friends did a 40 minute set with six songs.

EDOvocal + autoharp, Ueda Masuo -mandolin + vocal, Yamashita Michio guitar
Japanese card here

EIZO Galleria Ginza Tokyo: 2012, 2/21-3/3 Solo show
“Mind Games” Volume 2 - 19 pieces from my new series were shown. Part 1 shown in the Fall was well received.

Artist Talk: was held on Feb 25th.
For more info in English see PRESS RELEASE HERE

LINK for LARGE DM card

✪In addition to 19 photographs on the wall, there were three slide shows running on Eizo monitors.
1. About my photo life and various books.
2. Selected black and white works from my book “Timescapes Japan” and other series.
3. Photos from Mind Games Vol. 1

Finished!　
Fine Photo Gallery ENTRE DEUX at Four Seasons Hotel & Chinzan-so, Tokyo:
2011/12/28 - 2012/1/3１　FINISHED!
Solo exhibition: “Japan, My Beloved Country”
Selected works from the Healing Landscapes and Sacred Japan series.
Talk session with Curator Ms. Naoko Ohta and Edo was held Jan. 20 and Jan 25,
Photos of the gallery show here.
Click here for DM invitation.
Access http://www.chinzanso.com/english/access.html
Exhibition Curated by Klee Inc Paris Tokyo

Finished!
www.tokyo-ga.org

Tokyo Ga at Gallery 21, Odaiba,Tokyo 12/3 - 2012/1/29, invitational group show. Four pieces were in this show.
"People Living in Tokyo, Their Rhythm and Harmony"

Finished!

Gallery E+M, Monochrome Self Portrait Group Show – Nishi-Azabu, Tokyo
2011/12/21-2012/1/2１　(12/26-1/10休館)

“Mind Games”, Crossroad Gallery, Tokyo: 11/29-12/ 11, sponsored solo show of new color pinhole collage work. 27 images were shownclick here for the DM leaflet
Comments about the show
Photos of the gallery show here.

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Group Show in Narita City: 10/23 -11/3 @ Gallery Umi. I had six small landscape pieces in this show as an "invited artist".
http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/tisr3165/umi.html