(Cinet)- A Photo exhibition entitled “Mirai-chan: A little girl with chubby red cheeks” will take place in Ha Noi from August 18 to September 09, 2013.
In celebration of the Japan – Vietnam Friendship Year 2013, the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, in cooperation with Nanarokusha Publishing Inc., proudly presents the photography exhibition “Mirai-chan: A little girl with chubby red cheeks“ by Kotori Kawashima in Hanoi from Sunday 18 August to Sunday 15 September 2013.
A Japanese promising photographer Kotori Kawashima has shot a photography series “Mirai-chan”, through a year, containing portraits of the daughter of his friend in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture in the northern central region of Japan.
Being on the cover of a legendary famous arts and culture magazine “BRUTUS” triggered a big sensation in Japan and “Mirai-chan” became the talk of the town as a super adorable girl who conveys the vitality and energy of life. The photography book “Mirai-chan” has been sold exceptionally well, with over 100,000 copies since March 2011.
The photography exhibition “Mirai-chan” has been also warmly received in several cities including Tokyo and Osaka in Japan, and was invited to Thailand and Taiwan. Vietnam is the third foreign country who hosts this charming exhibition.
“Mirai” in the title means “Future” in Japanese and “chan” is a Japanese suffix added to the end of one’s name, being used when people call a person in a friendly manner. The adorable girl’s real name is, however, not Mirai. The photography series “Mirai-chan” is not a documentary but is created from Kotori Kawashima’s conceptual idea.
Kotori thinks that the girl in the photography series possesses a lovable human nature which is universal for all human-being. He also thinks that there is a hint to think about future in the midst of beautifully changing four seasons and Japanese traditional culture remaining over generations in Sado Island. These ideas gave a birth to the conceptual girl “Mirai-chan”.
We do hope that the viewers will share the moments of the joyful and surprising feelings with “Mirai-chan” who experiences first contacts with the world in various occasions. The exhibition is free admission and held at the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam (27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi).
Its opening starts at 16:00 on Saturday 17 August. Admission is free.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
