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A new cherry tree "Kuma no Sakura" was discovered in the small town of Kozagawa in Japan during 100 years. A new type of cherry tree in a small town with little industry is expected as a new tourism resource for the town. This project aims to make "Kuma no Sakura" a tourist attraction in the city. Many people take pictures of the beautiful "Kumano Sakura" and send it to many people.
Continue readingMirage de Parc is an architectural photography series made on Yeongjongdo Island in Incheon, South Korea. The images focus on the area under the monorail station in front of the Paradise City Hotel. Natural light reflected on structures and buildings creates effects that resemble a mirage. Curved yellow lines run through the wide space and shape each composition. The photographs were taken with a 35mm camera and tilt-shift lenses over nine months, at dawn and at sunset across the seasons. The series reflects the transformation of the island.
Continue readingKoepenick Waterfront is a series of night photographs showing a city skyline across the water. The series differs from the widely known night views of large cities such as New York, Shanghai and Singapore. Koepenick Waterfront presents a smaller and less known city that still offers interesting views. The photographs record the colors of the night, which usually appear only in darkness and through long exposures. The images were not heavily processed. Only alignment, spot and noise removal and adjustment of black levels and saturation were applied.
Continue readingFine Art Landscape Photography is a series of large panoramic images of European landscapes and historic buildings. Each image is built from up to 120 digital photographs taken with a panoramic head and joined together with stitching software. Retouching in Adobe Photoshop adds a painterly quality to the final scene. The stitching method gives a wide and natural field of view, similar to human vision, and keeps vertical lines straight. The files are large enough to print at 60 by 90 inches or larger for homes, hotels and corporate spaces.
Continue readingTakeo Hirose was born in Kyoto, 1962. He started studying photography in earnest in 2011 when Japan suffered from the huge earthquake disaster. Through the earthquake he understood that the beautiful sceneries are not eternal but actually very fragile, and noticed the importance of taking photos of the Japanese beauty. His production concept is to express the world of traditional Japanese paintings and ink paintings with modern Japanese sensibility and the photo technology. For the past few years he has produced the works with a motif of bamboo, which can be associated with Japan.
Continue readingThis is a photographic documentary of Wugang, the Wuhan Iron and Steel Company. Supported by the Russian and built in 1958, the state-owned Wugang is one of the biggest steel factories in China and once signified the industrialization and modernization of the country. However, such industry causes severe environmental pollution. Through capturing the heavily polluted Wugang campus with somber images, this project reveals the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity, provoking the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy environment.
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