Taichi Kimura lives between two worlds. The Japanese filmmaker based in London made himself a name in the music industry by producing videos for Chemical Brothers, David Guetta, Chase & Status, and many more. Now, the 36-year-old director makes his debut on the big screen with his first feature „Afterglows“.
Director Taichi Kimura visited the Japannual Film Festival in Vienna for the international premiere of his debut film “Afterglows”. In our interview, the ambitious filmmaker reveals his vision for the Japanese film industry and gives personal insights into his career.
Let’s start with the basics. Who are you? What’s your background and what made you become a filmmaker?
I was born in Japan and I was raised in the middle of Tokyo. So, I was actually a city boy. I think the film that really got me was probably “Jurassic Park” (1993). I was like only five years old or something like that.
Director Taichi Kimura visited the Japannual Film Festival in Vienna for the international premiere of his debut film “Afterglows”. In our interview, the ambitious filmmaker reveals his vision for the Japanese film industry and gives personal insights into his career.
Let’s start with the basics. Who are you? What’s your background and what made you become a filmmaker?
I was born in Japan and I was raised in the middle of Tokyo. So, I was actually a city boy. I think the film that really got me was probably “Jurassic Park” (1993). I was like only five years old or something like that.
- 10/15/2023
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
Tatsushi Omori – born in 1970 in Tokyo, made his directional debut with “The Whispering of the Gods” (2005). His following feature, “A Crowd of Three” (2010) was shown in the Berlin International Film Festival’s Forum section, and was officially selected at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. “The Ravine of Goodbye” (2013) won the Special Jury Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival.
“Taro the Fool” – following the outlaw movie tradition, “Taro the Fool” depicts three boys living outside the norms of society. Taro has never been to school. Running with a pair of fellow misfits, his carefree life begins moving in a deadly direction. Using vivid imagery, director Tatsushi Omori brings to life his original script, exploring child neglect and the social exclusion of people with disabilities in Japan.
Would you agree with the statement that human being is evil by nature and the goodness is merely a state when the evil temporarily does not exist?...
“Taro the Fool” – following the outlaw movie tradition, “Taro the Fool” depicts three boys living outside the norms of society. Taro has never been to school. Running with a pair of fellow misfits, his carefree life begins moving in a deadly direction. Using vivid imagery, director Tatsushi Omori brings to life his original script, exploring child neglect and the social exclusion of people with disabilities in Japan.
Would you agree with the statement that human being is evil by nature and the goodness is merely a state when the evil temporarily does not exist?...
- 1/27/2020
- by Nikodem Karolak
- AsianMoviePulse
Why are you creative? It’s the titular question, and it’s a good one. Why. That one word makes the question, that really makes you stop for a second and think. Our question for you is, have you ever wondered what makes your favorite creatives create? Well, if the answer to that is yes, look no further.
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In a new documentary focusing on that exact question by Hermann Vaske, he conducts some 50 candid interviews with people such as David Bowie, Quentin Tarantino, Ai Weiwei, Björk, Wim Wenders, Philippe Stark, Yoko Ono, John Hegarty, David Lynch, Yohji Yamamoto, Damien Hirst, Angelina Jolie, Nobuyoshi Araki, Tarantino, Bono, Nick Cave, Neo Rauch, Stephen Hawkins, the Dalai Lama, Peter Ustinov, Marina Abramovic, Diane Kruger, Julian Schnabel, Jimmy Page, Vivienne Westwood, Takeshi Kitano, and many others.
Continue reading ‘Why Are You Creative’ Trailer Features David Bowie,...
Read More: 55 Must-See Films: The 2018 Fall Movie Preview
In a new documentary focusing on that exact question by Hermann Vaske, he conducts some 50 candid interviews with people such as David Bowie, Quentin Tarantino, Ai Weiwei, Björk, Wim Wenders, Philippe Stark, Yoko Ono, John Hegarty, David Lynch, Yohji Yamamoto, Damien Hirst, Angelina Jolie, Nobuyoshi Araki, Tarantino, Bono, Nick Cave, Neo Rauch, Stephen Hawkins, the Dalai Lama, Peter Ustinov, Marina Abramovic, Diane Kruger, Julian Schnabel, Jimmy Page, Vivienne Westwood, Takeshi Kitano, and many others.
Continue reading ‘Why Are You Creative’ Trailer Features David Bowie,...
- 9/1/2018
- by Jamie Rogers
- The Playlist
The documentary features some 50 candid interviews with world-renowned luminaries in their fields.
Screen can reveal the first trailer for German filmmaker Hermann Vaske’s documentary Why Are We Creative? ahead of its world premiere in Venice Days.
Vaske spent some 30-years globe-trotting and tracking down world-renowned luminaries in their fields to quiz them on what drives their creativity.
The resulting documentary features some 50 candid interviews with David Bowie, Quentin Tarantino, Ai Weiwei, Björk, Wim Wenders, Philippe Stark, Yoko Ono, John Hegarty, David Lynch, Yohji Yamamoto, Damien Hirst, Angelina Jolie, Nobuyoshi Araki, Tarantino, Bono, Nick Cave, Neo Rauch, Stephen Hawkins, the Dalai Lama,...
Screen can reveal the first trailer for German filmmaker Hermann Vaske’s documentary Why Are We Creative? ahead of its world premiere in Venice Days.
Vaske spent some 30-years globe-trotting and tracking down world-renowned luminaries in their fields to quiz them on what drives their creativity.
The resulting documentary features some 50 candid interviews with David Bowie, Quentin Tarantino, Ai Weiwei, Björk, Wim Wenders, Philippe Stark, Yoko Ono, John Hegarty, David Lynch, Yohji Yamamoto, Damien Hirst, Angelina Jolie, Nobuyoshi Araki, Tarantino, Bono, Nick Cave, Neo Rauch, Stephen Hawkins, the Dalai Lama,...
- 8/31/2018
- ScreenDaily
Masanori Tominaga, known from his documentary “The Echo of Astro Boy’s Footsteps” (2011) about Matsuo Ohno and narratives like “Pandora’s Box” (2009), which was based on a story written by Osamu Dazai, returns to the silver screen with a biopic about Akira Suei, Japan’s famous erotic-magazine editor. Even though the erotic images – including the work of Nobuyoshi Araki – were the main attraction of New Self, Weekend Super, and Shashin Jidai, these magazines also featured articles about various underground cultural phenomena and the work of distinguished writers like Genpei Akasegawa and Shigesato Itio. Now, With Tominaga’s adaptation of Suei’s biographical essay “Suteki na Dainamaito Sukyandaru” (1982), we finally get a chance to explore the life of one of the most controversial editors of the eighties.
Dynamite Graffity is screening at the 17th New York Asian Film Festival
It took only one explosion to radically change the subjective trajectory of...
Dynamite Graffity is screening at the 17th New York Asian Film Festival
It took only one explosion to radically change the subjective trajectory of...
- 7/1/2018
- by Pieter-Jan Van Haecke
- AsianMoviePulse
Feature-length doc includes interviews with David Bowie, Björk, Wim Wenders, David Lynch, Angelina Jolie, Quentin Tarantino, Bono and Diane Kruger.
Paris-based sales company Celluloid Dreams has taken world sales rights to Hermann Vaske’s feature documentary Why Are We Creative? which explores the question of creativity through interviews with more than 50 top movers and shakers in the worlds of culture, business and science, including David Bowie, Quentin Tarantino, Angelina Jolie, Vivienne Westwood and John Cleese.
The documentary pulls together interviews conducted by German director, author and producer Vaske with more than 50 luminaries in their fields over a 30-year period.
They include Bowie,...
Paris-based sales company Celluloid Dreams has taken world sales rights to Hermann Vaske’s feature documentary Why Are We Creative? which explores the question of creativity through interviews with more than 50 top movers and shakers in the worlds of culture, business and science, including David Bowie, Quentin Tarantino, Angelina Jolie, Vivienne Westwood and John Cleese.
The documentary pulls together interviews conducted by German director, author and producer Vaske with more than 50 luminaries in their fields over a 30-year period.
They include Bowie,...
- 4/27/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Some people on the Interweb are getting their monocles in a twist over the fact that Lady Gaga may have smoked a little pot on stage in Amsterdam last week. To which we say: where have you been for the past three to four years? Sex, blood, violence, butts, more butts: if it offends someone’s grandma, chances are Gaga has done it, in public, recently. We know it’s not exactly fair to compare actual drug use to simulated violence/sexing (or butts), but is it anymore eye brow-raising than…
1) That VMAs performance
Oh yeah, remember when Gaga first blew our minds at the 2009 VMAs by pretending to gouge open her abdomen and pseudo-hang herself? Yeah, girl has been on the offensive tip for a while now…
2) Pretty much anything she does with Terry Richardson
Like this Supreme ad campaign, which of course is nothing compared to when she...
1) That VMAs performance
Oh yeah, remember when Gaga first blew our minds at the 2009 VMAs by pretending to gouge open her abdomen and pseudo-hang herself? Yeah, girl has been on the offensive tip for a while now…
2) Pretty much anything she does with Terry Richardson
Like this Supreme ad campaign, which of course is nothing compared to when she...
- 9/19/2012
- by Halle Kiefer
- TheFabLife - Movies
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
With over than 10 years of education in law, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, and art criticism in Japan, Tomoaki Hata began his career as a photographer in 1996 at Japan's groundbreaking HIV/AIDS benefit dance parties and with candid still photography of Japan's gay porn industry. Recently Tomoaki's photography was curated by Eric Mezil, the director of Collection Lambert, the contemporary art museum in Avignon, France. Many of Tomoaki's photographic works were exhibited in "Akimahen" and "Eijyanaika," the biggest exhibition of modern Japanese artists in France, including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Images from The Night Is Still Young, foreword by Eric C. Shiner and Simone Fukayuki. Available at PowerhouseBooks.com.
- 11/6/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
Why are you a photographer?I should have a perfect answer by now! Some days I think I am just faking it as I go along, trying to do the best that I can, so that people wouldn't notice. To answer your question and to quote the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, “Look, I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” Adding to that, I think I like telling stories, whether through my photographs, my ramblings on NaiveBoy.com, or the novels that I'm working on. I am a photographer because I simply want to tell stories of people or characters.What catches your eye?It could be the sunlight hitting a beautiful blond boy walking across the street. Sometimes I wish I had a camera attached in my eye socket so I could wink and it would last longer. At the risk of being called a stalker, I love watching...
- 6/12/2010
- The Advocate
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