The 3rd Photo Exhibition for Better “A Signpost for a Better World through the Power of Photography“
Dates: April 12 (Sat) – May 11 (Sun), 2025 / 9:00 – 1600 Open daily
Venue: OM Art×Music (735-3 Higashishiokoji-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto)
Organizer: Gallery Tosei
Exhibiting artists: Patrick Taverna, Jung-A Kim, Kentaro Kumon, Costas Maros, Mitsuru Kano, Izuru Takeya
Curator: Nao Noguchi (Gallery Tosei)
Photo Exhibition for Better” is a series of photo exhibitions that provide an opportunity to “make even a slightly better impact on the global environment and society” through the power of photography. During the exhibition, all of the exhibited works will be sold, and a portion of the proceeds from the exhibition will be donated to activities related to the issue (details of the donation recipients will be available at the gallery). (Details of where to donate can be found on site). The exhibition is designed to help people learn more about “using the power of photography to make the world a better place,” to think about what they can do together, and to support social issues through the purchase of artwork.
In addition to the regular exhibition, we have divided “How to make the world a better place through the power of photography” into three categories: theme-based (the theme of the work itself must address a social issue), project-based (the artist must be working on a project related to a social issue), and material-based (the work itself must be created using materials and methods that are good for the global environment). The three categories are theme-based (the theme of the work itself addresses a social issue), project-based (the artist is working on a project related to a social issue), and material-based (the work itself is created using materials and methods that are environmentally friendly).
Photo Exhibition for Better Series
The first exhibition: “What We Can Do” by Tatsuhito Wataya at Gallery Fuyusetsu in July 2024 The second exhibition: “‘JUHEISEN JUHEISEN’ – From Central African Republic with Love” at Fujifilm Photo Salon Tokyo in January 2025 and “Bricolage” at Gallery Fuyusetsu in February 2024 and “Hiroshi Wataya’s Photograph Exhibition” at Gallery Fuyusetsu in February 2025. Hiroshi Suzuki Photo Exhibition “Bricolage” at Gallery Fuyusetsu
Exhibiting Artists
Patrick Taberna / Patrick Taberna
Born in 1964. He developed his relationship with photography through numerous travels to Europe, Asia, and the United States.
In 1997, in order to improve his taste for travel and photography, he organized a “postal photography exhibition” called “⻄方渡航” in which he mailed 37 photographs to 10 people, one each week for a period of one year. He chose Bernard Prose and Robert Frank, two great photographers whom he admired, as the recipients of this exhibition, and later had the opportunity to meet and be recognized by them. He has had numerous solo and temporary exhibitions, and participated in Paris Photo in 2006, 2007, and 2011. He has received high acclaim both nationally and internationally.
https://www.patricktaberna.com/
Awards
FNAC (“Nord magnétique” series, 2000)
FNAC Paris Award (“Nos Italies” series, 2001) HSBC Fondation for Photography (2004)
CCF Foundation Photography Award (2004)
Jung A Kim
Born 1978 in Incheon. He lives and works in Berlin and Seoul. He studied at the Berlin University of Art and Design (BTK) in 2013 and received his BA in Photography from Chung-Ang University in Seoul in 2014. She was an artist-in-residence at Cultural Affairs in Tampere, Finland (2014) and Studio Vortex by Antoine d’Agata in Arles, France (2015). She won the First Prize at the 6th European Month of Photography Portfolio Review in Berlin (2014) and was selected as one of the 50 emerging photographers (3rd edition of this project – reGeneration3, 2015) by the Musee de l’Elysée in Switzerland. He was selected as one of the 50 emerging photographers selected by the Musee de l’Elysee, Switzerland (third edition of this project – reGeneration3, 2015). Recently, her book “Reminiscence. A Walk through the Other Side of my Mind” was published by Köhler (Germany). Her work has been exhibited internationally in group and solo shows in Germany, Finland, Switzerland, etc. In 2017, she was one of the emerging artists of INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERY VI and exhibited at Houston Photofest.
Awards.
2017. 1 INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERY VI Emerging Artist, Houston Fo
Tofest, USA
2016.10 Awarded Portfolio Review “Encounter’16”, Daegu Photo Biennale, Korea 2015.10 Selected for Fine Art at IPA2015 (Portrait)
2015.5 reGeneration3, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Kunstmuseum Elysee, Switzerland 2014.11 Best Portfolio Review, 6th European Month of Photography (MdF Berlin), Germany
Kentaro Kumon
Born in 1981. He has worked extensively in magazines, books, and advertisements, focusing on reportage and portraiture. At the same time, he has produced works on the theme of “landscapes created by human activities” in Japan and abroad. Recent works include “Cultivators”, a series of photographs of agricultural landscapes throughout Japan, “Calendar River”, a study of the connection between rivers and people, and “Topography of Light”, a series of photographs of the climate and lifestyle in Japan taken during a trip to a peninsula. His latest book, “Sleeping Island,” is published by Kehrer in Germany and focuses on the depopulation of the island of Kubota in the Chinese Peninsula.
Awards
Winner of the Newcomer’s Award of the Photographic Society of Japan for “Sesame’s Western Goods Store” in 2012 and the Writer’s Award in 2023. http://www.k-kumon.net
Costas Maros
He studied law at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and worked as a lawyer for several years. In 2013, he became a self-taught photographer. Since then, he has been working in news, corporate, and advertising photography in Switzerland and around the world. Alongside his commercial photography, he also works on his own art projects.
Awards
IPFO Swiss Photo Award 2024
2021 Prix de la Photographie Paris
VFG Young Talent Award, 2016
2015 Swiss Press Award (for the series Cabaret Bizarre) and many others
https://kostasmaros.com/de/works
Mitsuru Kano
Born in Okayama City in 1961, he studied under Masahiko Tensho and Seiji Okumiya. In 1985, he established Mitsuru Kano Photography Office, and since then, he has been mainly engaged in advertising photography.
Izuru Takeya
Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1967, he began taking photographs after traveling in Africa for a year in 1989. He has lived in Kyoto and Nagoya, and has traveled and photographed in Japan, China, and Korea, and recently has been creating and exhibiting works using classical photographic techniques.
