TAKASHI AMANO PHOTOGRARHY BOOK THE ART OF NATURE AQUARIUM

EXPERIENCE THE ESSENCE OF NATURE AQUARIUM.

Takashi Amano, aquascape creator and photographer, lived fast and lived his 61 years of life to the fullest.
His new photography book will be available for purchase.

The photography book was published in conjunction with the exhibition, "Takashi Amano Nature Aquarium Exhibition", held in Gallery AaMo, Tokyo Dome.
Selecting Nature Aquarium photographs, created and shot by Takashi Amano, at the core,
the book showcases some of his representative environmental photographs which were mostly captured with large format film cameras. It is a compilation book of an artist, Takashi Amano.

Some of Amano's original large format films were newly scanned with today's state-of-the-art technology to prepare the printing plates for optimal image quality,
and the book contains photographs which are not included in previous photo books, "Nature Aquarium Complete Works 1985 - 2009" and "Origin of Creation TAKASHI AMANO Biography".

Enjoy a high realistic sensation made possible by analog cameras.

The creator of Nature Aquarium -Takashi Amano’s 3 viewpoints-.

3 important perspectives to describe the trajectory of Takashi Amano who created Nature Aquarium
by his unique vision to the nature are the main theme of this book to catch the full range of his creative activities.

As “an aquarium creator”, “a photographer” and “a man with dreams”
he was, what motivated him to hone his life-time creativity and passion, and where it came from.
Each of those viewpoints consist this entire book. 3 important perspectives to describe the trajectory of Takashi Amano who created Nature Aquarium
by his unique vision to the nature are the main theme of this book to catch the full range of his creative activities.

As “an aquarium creator”, “a photographer” and “a man with dreams”
he was, what motivated him to hone his life-time creativity and passion, and where it came from.
Each of those viewpoints consist this entire book.

Capturing nature and aquascapes on ultra large format film is the ultimate means of expression that Amano realized with his extensive photographic experience. What Amano expected from photography was not only its artistic aspects but photography’s ability to record an inexhaustible amount of information, which naturally led him to ultra-large format film.

There is a unique sense of nature associated with Amano’s Nature Aquariums. It finds its origin in the years of his photographic experiences which required careful observation of various nature scenes. With his Learn from Nature philosophy in mind, Amano created an aquarium environment where a school of fish swim around as if they were swimming in their natural habitat.

“I want to create this scenery in the form of an aquarium.” Playing in the water, a young boy was fascinated with the heavenly beauty of the aquatic plants. He pursued his dream and established the Nature Aquarium. The uniqueness of his view of nature and artistry integrated both landscape photography and aquascapes. Takashi Amano is recognized as a world-acclaimed artist.