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This time, Tomomichi Nakamura’s photo series “A Home for the Hermit Crab” was selected by Caroline Hunter of The Saturday Guardian (UK) and received the top prize, Jurors’ Pick, at the LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2023. As a result, he has been selected as one of the eight emerging talents worldwide. Thank you very much.

Evaluation by Caroline Hunter

Picture EditorThe Saturday Guardian Magazine

United Kingdom

I was drawn to the surreal, poetic nature of this series. The artist expresses the challenges of being neurodiverse in a neurotypical world through a number of seemingly random images – from still-life photos of fish and nail cuttings to a self-portrait of himself in the middle of the sea. Hermit crabs become metaphors that express his isolation and these are integrated into collages and cinematic narratives. It’s a bold, movingly honest and beautifully constructed photographic piece.

LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2023

“A Home for the Hermit Crab” 

The photograph series “Ants Plus ‘FUNI'” has won the Critics’ Pick award at LensCulture Critics’Choice 23. The selector is Mr. Ihiro Hayami from T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL TOKYO.

I would like to express my gratitude to rapper FUNI, Mr. Chang Yongsuk, Mr. Kohei Kawabata from Tsuda University, all the staff at NHK, and also to my partner Shihou Tsukikage, who has continued to support me in my work. Thank you very much.

Furthermore, the Ants Plus series is still in production. Thank you for your continued support.

Tomomichi Nakamura

Evaluation by Ihiro Hayami

JAPAN

Tomomichi Nakamura

Ants Plus “Funi”

Discrimination against Japan-born Koreans is a deep-seated problem in Japan. Tomomichi Nakamura sublimated this inequality he confronts into an unforgettable work through the power of art which deserves to be highlighted in the international arena.

LensCulture : Tomomichi Nakamura

“Auts Plus ‘Funi'”, a series of photographs featured in the NHK documentary Document 20 mins’ “Ants, human beings and myself: Works of Nakamura Tomomichi” was selected as an EDITORS’ PICK for LensCulture Critics’ Choice 2023 and will be featured in a competition gallery accessible to all visitors to the website. and will be featured in the competition gallery, accessible to all visitors to the website.

Thank you very much. I will continue to produce the “Ants plus” series. We look forward to your continued support.

Last year, I started creating this series of photographs, spurred by my hospitalization. Half of them were taken with a smartphone (Android). After participating in the Canon’sNew Cosmos of Photography 2019, this is my first entry into a photography competition in a while. I am honored to have been selected as one of the 25 finalists from 150 countries worldwide in the series photography category of the LensCulture Art Photography Awards, considered one of the most prestigious awards in contemporary photography art. From these finalists, I was chosen as a Jurors’ Pick. The juror for this category was ANNA DANNEMANN from The Photographers’ Gallery in the UK. The title of my series is “A Home for the Hermit Crab.” Thank you very much for your support.

LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2022

Below is the evaluation by ANNA DANNEMANN.

ANNA DANNEMANN
Senior Curator
The Photographers’ Gallery
United Kingdom

Tomomichi Nakamura’s endearing images subtly address the important issue of mental health and the isolating experience of being institutionalized and separated from society. Nakamura creates powerful images between reality and fiction, introspection and shared moments such as everyday tasks. His interventions in the images allow for a different perspective and insights into other ways of life – A Home for the Hermit Crab is on the whole an outstanding and accomplished project.