Amano Takashi
Amano Takashi, born in Niigata, Japan in 1954, is a Japanese landscape photographer. Since 1975, Amano has visited tropical rainforests in Amazon, Borneo and West Africa and pristine forests in Japan, and he has been working on series of photos focusing on "untouched nature" with his large-format cameras. He captures minute details of nature found at site on extra large size films (up to 8x20 inches). His works have been introduced internationally through the several exhibitions and publications. Amano is now taking on a challenge to record the existing precious nature of Japan on large-format films and pass down to posterity.
In recent years, Amano has given numbers of lectures on his photography expeditions and his experiences in nature around the world, and he has advocated the importance of tree-planting programs to protect the earth's environment.
Japan Professional Photographers Society (JPS) members
Japan Advertising Photographers' Association (APA) members
Society of Scientific Photography (SSP) members
AWARDS
Fuji Film Nature Photo Contest, Grand Prix, 1992
"Oniodori" – an underwater photograph of Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)
The 63th Niigata Daily News Culture Prize Award (Art activity division)
Main Photography equipment (Large format camera)
Wisner 8"x20" Technical Field
Deardorff 11"x14"
Deardorff 8"x10"
Deardorff 5"x7"
Ebony SW 45
Aero Tac 4"x5" (for aerial photography)
EXHIBITION
| YEAR | EXHIBITION TITLE | PLACE |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | "Urin-Ujou" | Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2004 | "Dare mo Shiranai Amazon" | Niitsu Art Forum, Niigata, Japan |
| "The Rio Negro" | Nizayama Forest Art Musuem, Toyama, Japan | |
| 2006 | "The Rio Negro" | Nature Info Plaza – Marunouchi Saezurikan, Tokyo, Japan |
| "Sozo no Genten Amazon" | Toki Messe, Niigata, Japan | |
| "Kusatsu-Amazon" | Niigata Daiwa, Niigata, Japan | |
| 2007 | "Sado-From bottom of the Sea to the Pristine Forest" | Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan |
| "Daremo Shiranai Sado" | Niigata Prefectual Civic Center, Japan | |
| 2008 | "Daremo Shiranai Sado" | Amusement Sado, Niigata, Japan |
| 2009 | "SADO - a Natural Treasure of Japan" | Qatar Photography Society, Doha, Qatar |
| "SADO - the Pristine Cedar Trees" | Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo, Japan | |
| "ACQUA SPETTACOLO E RISORSA DALL'AMAZZONIA ALL'ISOLA DI SADO" |
ARCHIVIO CENTRALE DELLO STATO, Roma, Italy | |
| 2010 | "Beautiful Landscapes of Niigata" | View Fukushimagata, Niigata, Japan |
