"Utopia"

Tasmania's  Four Seasons -A Photography Exhibition by Toshinobu Takeuchi

Toshinobu Takeuchi, Japan's leading landscape photographer, will exhibit over 100 works of Tasmania at the Australian Embassy in November as part of Ancient Future - Australian Arts Festival Japan 2003.

Since 1972 Takeuchi's photographic works, have featured in exhibitions in Japan and internationally. His works are published in numerous photo journals and major Japanese magazines.

Over the past seven years Takeuchi has visited Tasmania on numerous occasions to create his exhibition Utopia - Tasmania's Four Seasons. He selected Tasmania because of its pristine landscape and physical beauty.

"..a temperate climate, an abundance of bush land, crystal-clear skies, beautiful oceans, a people and living-creature friendly environment, the ease of life on the island, makes it almost a utopia, so to speak. My photographic direction has changed since encountering Tasmania" (Takeuchi from his book of collected photographs "Shimmering Radiantly - A Message For the Future From Tasmania)

In 2001 Takeuchi held two exhibitions exclusively featuring Tasmanian works - Wind Rhyme for Heaven and Earth and Utopia for the 21st Century - which received international critical acclaim.

Toshinobu Takeuchi will hold a seminar at the Embassy in conjunction with the exhibition providing a rare opportunity for amateur and professional photographers alike to discover the secrets behind his stunning images.

The exhibition is supported by the Australia-Japan Foundation exhibitions initiative.

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