[KKday exclusive! 200 yen discount] Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art | 30th Anniversary Exhibition, First Half "Adventures in Photography: From the Avant-Garde to the Future" Admission Ticket Free for university students and younger (Hokuto City Museum of Art, Yamanashi Prefecture)

Exterior: You can enjoy the modern architecture designed by Akira Kuriu, the colorful interior, and the abundant nature all at once. Walking around the garden, you can take some great photos while enjoying the resort atmosphere.

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Highlights: [Works that are not usually displayed together] As this is the 30th anniversary exhibition of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPA), we wanted to create an exhibition that connects to the origins of photography and the future of photography. The themes that emerged from this were "Adventure" and "Portrait" (later period). Furthermore, by setting up a category of U35 (under 35 years old), which symbolizes KMoPA, it is not a so-called "photography textbook" type of exhibition. For example, the works of Eugène Atget, who is famous for surrealism, are not featured because they were created in his later years. Instead, you will encounter a number of experimental and adventurous works that are full of the joy and surprise of encountering photography, which can be said to be the origins of photographers. From the world's first abstract photographs to photographs taken on film exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl disaster. Please experience the possibilities of photography, which is a "hybrid system of man and machine" (Taki Koji / art critic).

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[Patri Exhibition] Entrance Hall Patri - Special viewing space for the photo books of the first director, Eikoh Hosoe Thursday, March 20, 2025 (National Holiday) - Monday, October 13, 2025 (National Holiday) *However, the museum will be closed from Monday, June 16 to Friday, July 4 due to changing exhibits. Eikoh Hosoe is one of the world's leading photographers of the 20th century and served as the first director of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts since its opening in July 1995. He founded and led the Young Portfolio (YP), which accepts, selects, exhibits and collects works to support young photographers around the world, and continued to pour his passion into nurturing the next generation of photographers. As a homage to Director Eikoh Hosoe, this exhibition will provide a space where you can freely view his photo books and writings.

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First Director Hosoe Eikoh [Biography of Hosoe Eikoh] Born in 1933 in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, and raised in Tokyo. After winning the top prize in the student category of the Fuji Photo Contest in 1951, he decided to become a photographer. In 1959, he formed the self-agency "VIVO" with photographers Shomei Tomatsu, Ikko Narahara, Kikuji Kawada and others, and became a central figure in the transitional period of postwar photography. He produced a succession of highly narrative works spun from relationships with unusual subjects, such as "Ordeal by Roses" (1963), which featured Yukio Mishima, and "Kamaitachi" (1969), which featured the butoh dancer Tatsumi Hijikata. He also devoted himself to social activities, such as photography education both at home and abroad and building public collections. Professor Emeritus at Tokyo Polytechnic University. He has been the museum's director since 1995. In 2003, he was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's 150th Anniversary Special Medal for "a photographer who has made a lifetime contribution to the art of photography," and in 2010, he was named a Person of Cultural Merit. In 2017, he became the first photographer to receive the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star during his lifetime.

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KMoPA Garden Photo Forest Thursday, March 20th, 2025 (National Holiday) - Monday, October 13th, 2025 (National Holiday) *However, closed from Monday, June 16th to Friday, July 4th due to changing exhibits. KMoPA is located at an altitude of 1000 meters, surrounded by the deep greenery and clear air of the southern foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of its opening, the museum will hold its first outdoor photography exhibition, "Photo Forest." Deputy Director Seto Masato will select photographs, including those from the museum's collection, and exhibit them in the lush forest of the KMoPA Garden. How will the photographs appear in the light and shadow, and in the wind blowing through the forest?

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Deputy Director Masato Seto

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A green garden terrace with pleasant sunlight filtering through the trees

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Free talk events and workshops are also held from time to time.

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