Exploring Various "Environments" Through Photography

Each year, KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival features international photographers exhibiting their work in venues that include Kyoto's unique temples and atmospheric traditional townhouses. This year, under the theme "Our Environments," the festival will be held across 15 venues.

The venues will showcase a diverse range of environments, from the familiar to the cosmic, including cityscapes from above, nature in metropolises, family scenes, and the surfaces of animals. Through photography, visitors are invited to contemplate the various environments that surround us, often unnoticed in daily life. A distinctive feature of this art event is its presentation in historically significant locations, such as Shimogamo Shrine and the Institut Français Kansai.

Yusai Kodo-kan © 2014 Naoyuki Ogino

Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design, Annex © 2014 Naoyuki Ogino

At Yusai Kodo-kan, the exhibition "Nature in Tokyo" will be presented, featuring 13 contemporary Japanese photographers selected by the French magazine "Le Monde," capturing the natural landscapes of Tokyo. Additionally, high-resolution images of Mars' surface, captured by NASA's survey satellites, will be displayed through an installation by artist Shiro Takatani. This exhibition, featuring incredibly beautiful landscapes formed by wind over three billion years, will have its Japan premiere, among many other noteworthy events.

Amidst Kyoto's lush spring scenery, the KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival presents a diverse array of "landscapes." Having gained recognition, it has grown into a quintessential spring event for Kyoto.

Japan Photo Theater © Daido Moriyama

Shadows of change - Uummannaq, Greenland - 10/21/09 © Stanley Greene/NOOR

CARMEN, early 1950’s © Lillian Bassman

© Anne de Vandière

Silk Drying 2, Kyoto, Japan 1951 © Werner Bischof/Magnum Photos

KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival 2014
Dates: Saturday, April 19 - Sunday, May 11
Admission: Passport ¥2,000 (Note: Separate admission fee of ¥400 required for Murinan Garden), Adults/University Students ¥1,200
Please refer below for admission fees at each venue.

Sohei Nishino "Diorama Map"
Hours: 10:00 - 22:30
Venue: Kyoto Station Building, 7th Floor East Plaza
901 Higashi Koji-cho, Karasuma-dori, Shimo-Koji-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-361-4401
Individual Venue Admission: General ¥500, University/High School Students ¥300

"Signature of Elegance - The Work of Lillian Bassman"
Hours: 10:00 - 17:00
Closed: Thursdays. Open on May 1st.
Venue: Ryukoku University, Omiya Campus Main Building
125-1 Daiku-cho, Shichijo-dori, Omiya Higashi-iru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-343-3311
Individual Venue Admission: Free

"Supernature"
Hours: 10:00 - 19:00
Venue: Kyoto Art Center
546-2 Yamabushi-yama-cho, Muromachi-dori, Takoyakushi-sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-213-1000
Individual Venue Admission: General ¥300, University/High School Students ¥200

Werner Bischof / Magnum Photos "Eternal Japan 1951-52"
Hours: 10:00 - 18:00
Closed: Mondays. Open on May 5th.
Venue: Mumeisha
363 Rokkaku-cho, Shinmachi-dori, Rokkaku-sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Individual Venue Admission: General ¥500, University/High School Students ¥300

"Fine Threads from Eye to Heart" Stanley Greene / NOOR
Hours: 10:00 - 18:00
Closed: Wednesdays
Venue: Kondaya Genbei Kurokura (Black Storehouse)
Kondaya Okunishi, Muromachi Sanjo-sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Individual Venue Admission: General ¥500, University/High School Students ¥300

"Mars - An Unknown Surface"
Hours: 10:00 - 19:30 (Last admission 19:00)
Closed: April 21 (Mon), May 7 (Wed)
Venue: Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design, Annex
Sanjo Takakura, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-222-0888
Individual Venue Admission: General ¥500, University/High School Students ¥300

Tim Flach "More Than Human"
Hours: 11:00 - 19:00 (Last admission 18:30)
Closed: Wednesdays
Venue: Shimadai Gallery
Northwest corner of Oike-dori and Higashinotoin, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-221-5007
Individual Venue Admission: General ¥500, University/High School Students ¥300

"Nature in Tokyo - M le magazine du Monde"
Hours: 10:00 - 17:00 (April 19th (Sat) until 16:00)
Closed: Wednesdays. (Exhibition runs until May 9th (Fri))
Venue: Yusai Kodo-kan
524-1 Mototsuchimikado-cho, Shinmachi-higashi-iru, Kamichojya-machi-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-441-6662
Individual Venue Admission: General ¥500, University/High School Students ¥300

Akiko Takizawa "Where We Belong"
Hours: 10:00 - 17:00
Venue: Toraya Kyoto Gallery
Adjacent to Toraya Karyo Kyoto Ichijo, Ichijo-dori, Karasuma Nishi-iru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-431-4736
Individual Venue Admission: Free

Taishi Hirokawa "STILL CRAZY"
Hours: 10:00 - 17:30
Venue: Shimogamo Shrine, Hosodono (Main Hall)
59 Izumikawa-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-781-0010
Individual Venue Admission: General ¥300, University/High School Students ¥200

"Supernature"
Hours: 10:00 - 19:00 (Sundays until 15:00. April 29th (Tue, holiday) - May 5th (Mon, holiday) 11:00 - 17:00)
Closed: Mondays. (Open on May 5th (Mon, holiday))
Venue: Institut Français Kansai
8 Yoshida Izumidono-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-761-2105
Individual Venue Admission: Free

Anne de Vandière "Loving Hands of Artisans"
Hours: 9:00 - 17:00 (Last admission 16:30)
Venue: Murinan Garden
31 Nanzenji Kusakawa-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-771-3909
Individual Venue Admission: General ¥400, Children under elementary school age free

J.D. Okhai Ojeikere "Discoveries by Agnès b."
Hours: 11:00 - 19:00
Closed: Wednesdays
Venue: Kagi-zen Ryokan
Kagi-zen Ryokan, Behind the building, Gion-cho Kita-gawa 264, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-561-1818
Individual Venue Admission: General ¥500, High School Students ¥300 (Joint ticket with Murakami-jyu Building)

"Japanese Photobooks Then and Now"
Hours: 12:00 - 20:00
Closed: Wednesdays
Venue: ASPHODEL
99-10 Sueyoshi-cho, Yasaka Shinchi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
Individual Venue Admission: General ¥500, University/High School Students ¥300

"Discoveries by Agnès b."
Hours: 12:00 - 20:00
Closed: Wednesdays
Venue: Murakami-jyu Building
194 Sendou-cho, Shimo-Kiya-machi, Nishi-kiya-machi-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-371-0707
Individual Venue Admission: General ¥500, University/High School Students ¥300 (Joint ticket with Kagi-zen Ryokan)