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Edo's Photos
featured in Nippon Camera Magazine
8 color lens photos from my Japanese countryside series were published in an 8-page spread in one of Japan's major camera magazines "Nippon Camera" in the May 2008 issue which is currently on the newsstand. Please have a look if you can find the magazine. The next pinhole photography workshop at Edo's studio home is tentatively planned for May 17-18. This is the annual Spring workshop and is always fun. If you are interested. see the workshop page for other workshop info. Inquires and Registration at workshop@edophoto.com Edo's Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2008 workshop was held in Tokyo this year  You can see my Pinhole Day photo here. http://www.pinholeday.org/gallery/2008/index.php?id=1618 The workshop group photos can be seen here Edo's Pinhole Exhibition in Monbetsu, Hokkaido will be held July 28 - August 17. This is part of the Pinhole Photographic Art Society (PPAS) event that willl be held August 7-9 in Monbestu. Eric Renner and Nancy Spencerwill be in attendance and also hold an exhibition at the same venue. More details coming soon! Three Person Pinhole Exhibition in Chenmitz Germany December 9, 2008 - Feb 1, 2009. Pinhole Works by Edward Levinson, Willie Anne Wright and Craig Barber. This is a big venue and 40 photos by each artist will be on display. More details coming soon! Edo Exhibition + Talk in Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture Japan. was held at Fukui-Ken Sakai-shi Heartopia Harue Hall. Twenty photos from several series were on display as well as pinhole photographs by local pinholers. Edo was there for a talk show and book signing.  Edo in Osaka March 15-16th Edo held an Evening Lecture and Slide show in Osaka - Edo Talks about Pinhole and his book as part of the Utsubo Photo Festival 2008. There was a workshop held the next day, the first ever workshop by Edo in Osaka. "Heartgraphy" photo exhibition in Chikura, Chiba Prefecture Japan Jan 29- Feb 24 at Gallery Schiele. This was a quaint gallery in a remodeled old Japanese style farmhouse on the sunny Boso Peninsula Coast two hours from Tokyo. On display were 30 photographs from the Healing Landscapes series. The talk show on Feb 10 was a full house and the show was well attended by people from all over Chiba Prefecture and even visitors from Tokyo.  Fall Show held in Kyoto Sept 2007 New work from the Silhouette Stories series was shown.   See the exhibition page for more info Edo on Radio and TV Edo was interviewed twice live on NHK radio on May 31 and in July 17th. The show hosts discussed his books, workshops, pinhole cameras, and lifestyle. He also appeared on a 8 minute report on NHK TV in July.
PARIS,
FRANCE, 30-APR-2007,
PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS (PX3) ANNOUNCES
WINNERS OF
THE 2007 COMPETITION. Edward
Levinson was Awarded: First Prize
in category "BOOK-other"
(Cover and 4 Inside Images) for the entry titled, " Timescapes
Japan
." The jury selected
2007's winners
from over 8,000 photography entries from 85 countries.  To read the press release click
here
View all winners here at PX3 site. Please see the book page for details on the book and ordering!
Edo also did a one day
workshop with students at the school as part of their summer program.
New Book Published April 26, 2007 Title:gEdo's Lessons In Pinhole Photography -Photography for Slow Lifeh Published by Iwanami Publishers.  [Front and Back covers] The book is published
in Japanese first with hopes of an English edition later.
The original manuscript is in English. Inquiries for an English edition welcome! This is a not a "how to" book but a "why to" book of essays of pinhole photography and its relation to life. The book was inspired by the original Edofs Esoteric Pinholistic Essays which can be found in the Writings section of this website. An interview about the book appears in the May 2007 issue of Nippon Camera Magazine on page 188. For more info and PDF Flyer in Japanese with sample photos click here. Book Review Edo's Photo Book
"Timescapes Japan" (see below and book page) was reviewed in the
Issue #51 June 2007 of Black and White Magazine for Collectors of Fine
Art Photography. I will post the review when/if I get permission from
the magazine and writer.
Pinhole Debutes on Nikon Japan's Website A portfolio of 5 of Edo's Healing Landscapes are being featured at Nikon Web Gallery beginning Dec 28, 2006 and will remain at the the top of that page for one month. (After that it will still be there as a back issue.) The gallery features the work of a new photographer each month and this is the first time for them to show pinhole photographs. The page is English and Japanese and includes my comments on each photo. I use Nikon lens cameras, but am happy that they recognize the artistic merit of pinhole photography. Visit the Nikon Web Gallery and my exhibit here!  Two new galleries have been added to the Gallery Section of this site. "Silhouette Stories" is part of my new work which was shown at Goraku Gallery in Ginza Tokyo in summer 2006. The Diorama 1 series "Fears and Hopes" was created in 2002 but was shown for the first time in Tokyo in my fall show at Roonee 247 Photography gallery. Click here and select from the left side menu or enter from the "Gallery" menu above on this page
Exhibition by Edward Levinson was held Sept 19- Oct 1 2006 at Roonee 247 Photography in Yotsuya Tokyo. Edo's Pinhole Photos in "Waraku" Magazine Two of Edward's Pinhole
Photographs from the series Sacred Japan and included in his new book
were published in the October issue of Waraku magazine. Waraku is very
traditonal"Japanesque" kind of publication. In the October issue they
did a special section on Kyoto which included black and white
photographs by four foreigners taken in Kyoto. These four included
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Werner Bischof, Rene Burri, (all of Magnum
Photos) and Edward Levinson! Edward's photos included a Q+A interview
about his photos and "memories of Kyoto", his first home in Japan. The
magazine is in Japanese and is only available by subscription and a few
select stores whch can be fouund on the publishers JAPANESE website. http://www.waraku.shogakukan.co.jp
(The publshing of Edo's photos and interview was done with the cooperation of Sebun Photo). Announcing "Still" Hot off the Press! A Book of Edward Levinson's Pinhole Photographs was published June 15, 2006 Title: "Timescapes Japan - A Pinhole Journey" @  Please see the book page for details and ordering! An interview about the book with Gregg Kemp at Pinhole Visions has been put on line. Follow this link to read the interivew and get some insights into Edo's photo process. [Introduction to the interview by Gregg Kemp, Jul 14, 2006] "One of the first thoughts I
had while viewing and reading Edward Levinson's new book "Timescapes
Japan - A Pinhole Journey", was how much my own photography has been
influenced by him. The influence isn't so much in the images themselves
as it is in Ed's approach to pinhole photography. Whether it is the
influence of Japanese culture or perhaps Ed's personal nature, his
approach to his work is thoughtful and meditative. And his photographs
of the last several years reflect those qualities of his style. This
approach is also apparent in his sparse, but elequent writing that
accompanies the book. This book is a collection of images you will want
to return to often."
Edward Levinson Exhibition
of New Work and Book Publishing Show was held
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Photo Portfolio in Nippon Camera
In February I had a chance to visit the AIPAD The Photography Show in NYC, The amount and quality of work on display was overwhelming. An report by me of the show with photos will appear in the Nippon Camera April issue due out March 20. |
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