Photo exhibition guide
Selected excerpts from Kazuyoshi Nomachi (Chairman of the Japan Photographers Association)
Using a 5-meter-long harpoon as a weapon, “Kaijin” relentlessly chased Okinawan fishermen as they approached their prey by scuba diving. Meanwhile, hunters confront black bears by breaking into the innermost mountain in the snowy Tobikoshi region. People living in traditional hunting since ancient times, who face life in the wild head-on, are called hunters by Mr. Nishino. Mr. Nishino has spent time dealing with the wisdom and sense of tension that has been passed down from generation to generation by facing prey, and the climate of hugging hunters. I was fascinated by sea hunters and settled on Ishigaki Island for over 20 years, and I have continued to go there every year from Ishigaki Island for close to 10 years to photograph bear hunting that takes place at the innermost part of the Tobikoshi region in the harsh winter. It is an unrivaled masterpiece that directly captures a moment of tension surrounding the exchange of lives called bear hunting, with a thorough way of dealing with gaining deep trust from hunters and accompanying them on a march on a snowy mountain. On that one picture, the vast space and time leading up to the moment of bear hunting is captured. Two works also remained in the final selection, and “Sakhalin” (Shisha's Press) by Nitta Tatsuki, who has recorded the days of remaining Japanese and Koreans living in Sakhalin over time. The consistent attitude of Mr. Miyajima, who quickly rushed into the recent Ukrainian conflict and conveyed the reality of the terrible war in real time through weekly gravure and internet reports, is unrivaled by others. I was able to sense something tasteful in Mr. Nitta's deep, sympathetic gaze directed at people living in their last years, forgotten in a foreign land.

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