The 38^th Kimura Ihei Award Winners Announced

On February 6, the winner of the 38^th Kimura Ihei Award (sponsored by the Asahi Shimbun Company and the Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc.), the award given to exceptional new photographers in honor of photographer KIMURA Ihei’s achievements, was announced. The award was shared between KIKUCHI Tomoko and DODO Arata. KIKUCHI received the award for her work ‘I and I’, displayed at the group exhibition titled ‘somewhere between me and this world – Japanese contemporary photography’ at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum while DODO was awarded for his photobook ‘Taigan ’(Akaaka Art Publishing Inc) and his exhibition ‘Taigan’ held at galleries such as the Ginza Nikon Salon. (Japanese)