Photography project “European Eyes on Japan / Japan Today”
Rethinking and looking at everyday life that is all too familiar and overlooked
Launched in 1999, the “European Eyes on Japan / Japan Today” photography project bring
engaging photographers from the various countries of Europe to Japan to rediscover in their work aspects of our contemporary environment that we have taken for granted and overlooked.
Their work is shown in exhibitions in Europe and in the Japanese prefectures where they worked. In Europe, this is an opportunity to reach beyond stereotypes and expose viewers to the Japan of today. These works will then be left to future generations as a cultural heritage documenting various parts of Japan at the beginning of the 21st century.
The project is scheduled to continue every year and to cover all 47 Japanese prefectures.
*A part of artworks of this project and its previous photography project “Tokyo Today” are added to a collection of “Higashikawa Bunka Gallery” in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, referred to as the Town of Photography.
Looking back on “European Eyes on Japan | Japan Today”
| vol | Featured Prefecture | Photographer |
|---|---|---|
| vol. 1 | Hokkaido | Johannes Backes (Germany) |
| vol. 1 | Ishikawa, Hyogo Pref. | Jean-Claude Coutausse (France) |
| vol. 1 | Ishikawa, Hyogo Pref. | Yvan Klein (Luxembourg) |
| vol. 1 | Shimane Pref. | Francesco Radino (Italy) |
| vol. 1 | Ehime Pref. | Gerry Johansson (Sweden) |
| vol. 1 | Japan tomography | Naomi Tereza Salmon (Germany) |
| vol. 2 | Fukuoka Pref. | Robert van der Hilst (the Netherlands) |
| vol. 2 | Miyazaki Pref. | Mark Power (United Kingdom) |
| vol. 2 | Okinawa Pref. | Stéphane Duroy (France) |
| vol. 2 | Okinawa Pref. | Anders Petersen (Sweden) |
| vol. 2 | Okinawa Pref. | Gerard Rondeau (France) |
| vol. 3 | Gunma Pref. | Nadia Benchallal (France) |
| vol. 3 | Yamanashi Pref. | Françoise Hugier (France) |
| vol. 3 | Aichi Pref. | Jordi Bernado (Spain) |
| vol. 3 | Yamaguchi, Kumamoto Pref. | Paul den Hollander (the Netherlands) |
| vol. 3 | Kumamoto Pref. | Eric Dessert (France) |
| vol. 4 | Okayama Pref. | Anne Daems (Belgium) |
| vol. 4 | Okayama Pref. | Hans van der Meer (the Netherlands) |
| vol. 4 | Hiroshima Pref. | Theo Baart (the Netherlands) |
| vol. 4 | Hiroshima Pref. | Jan Kempenaers (Belgium) |
| vol. 5 | Yamagata Pref. | Michael Danner (Germany) |
| vol. 5 | Oita Pref. | Margherita Spiluttini (Austria) |
| vol. 5 | Yamagata, Oita Pref. | Agnieszka Wolodzko (Poland) |
| vol. 6 | Sendai City | Mathieu Bernard-Reymond (France) |
| vol. 6 | Nara Pref. | Hugues Fontaine (France) |
| vol. 6 | Wakayama Pref. | Mimmo Jodice (Italy) |
| vol. 6 | Sendai City, Nara, Wakayama Pref. | Bert Teunissen (the Netherlands) |
| vol. 7 | Iwate Pref. | David Farrell (Ireland) |
| vol. 7 | Kanagawa Pref. | Dara McGrath (Ireland) |
| vol. 7 | Gifu Pref. | Jitka Hanzlová (Czech) |
| vol. 7 | Iwate, Kanagawa, Gifu Pref. | Valentina Seidel (Germany) |
| vol. 8 | Fukushima Pref. | Pentti Sammallahti (Finland) |
| vol. 8 | Fukushima Pref. | Eleni Maligoura (Greece) |
| vol. 8 | Saga Pref. | Karin Borghouts (Belgium) |
| vol. 8 | Saga Pref. | Stratos Kalafatis (Greece) |
| vol. 9 | Kagoshima Pref. | Stephen Gill (United Kingdom) |
| vol. 9 | Kagoshima Pref. | Nicu Ilfoveanu (the Netherlands) |
| vol. 9 | Kagoshima Pref. | Cuny Janssen (the Netherlands) |
| vol. 10 | Ibaraki Pref. | Marco Bohr (Germany) |
| vol. 10 | Shizuoka Pref. | John Davies (United Kingdom) |
| vol. 10 | Nagasaki Pref. | Cary Markerink (the Netherlands) |
| vol. 10 | Nagasaki Pref. | Mette Tronvoll (Norway) |
| vol. 11 | Niigata Pref. | Andrew Phelps (Austria) |
| vol. 11 | Niigata Pref. | Arturas Valiauga (Lithuania) |
| vol. 11 | Niigata Pref. | Hans-Christian Schink (the Netherlands) |
| vol. 12 | Tottori Pref. | Gabor Arion Kudász (Hungary) |
| vol. 12 | Tottori Pref. | Silva Bingaz (Turkey) |
| vol. 12 | Tottori Pref. | Andreas Gefeller (Germany) |
| vol. 13 | Akita Pref. | Krista Mölder (Estonia) |
| vol. 13 | Akita Pref. | Kalle Kataila (Finland) |
| vol. 14 | Toyama Pref. | Bojan Radovic (Slovenia) |
| vol. 14 | Toyama Pref. | José Pedro Cortes (Portugal) |
| vol. 15 | Chiba Pref. | Martin Kollar (Slovakia) |
| vol. 15 | Chiba Pref. | Olivier Metzger (France) |
| vol. 16 | Kochi Pref. | Nina Korhonen (Sweden) |
| vol. 16 | Kochi Pref. | Alexander Gronsky (Latvia) |
| vol. 17 | Saitama Pref. | Dita Pepe/Barbora Baronová (Czech) |
| vol. 17 | Saitama Pref. | Max Pinckers (Belgium) |
| vol. 18 | Kagawa Pref. | Jon Cazenave (Spain) |
| vol. 18 | Kagawa Pref. | Łukasz Rusznica (Poland) |
| vol. 19 | Shiga Pref. | Constantinos Taliotis (Cyprus) |
| vol. 19 | Shiga Pref. | Ergenç Korkmazel (Cyprus) |
| vol. 20 | Aomori Pref. | Alice Wielinga (the Netherlands) |
| vol. 20 | Aomori Pref. | Alexandra Pace (Malta) |
| vol. 21 | Tochigi Pref. | Alessia Rollo (Italy) |
| vol. 21 | Tochigi Pref. | Vladimir Oejiv (Bulgaria) |
| vol. 22 | Mie Pref. | SofijaSilvia (Croatia) |
| vol. 23 | Osaka Pref. | Andrea Palašti (Serbia) |
| vol. 23 | Osaka Pref. | Antonis Theodoridis (Greece) |
| vol. 24 | Nagano Pref. | Suzanna Hofer (Austria) |
| vol. 24 | Nagano Pref. | Aurora Stenersen (Norway) |
