Last year, Tomomichi Nakamura won the Grand Prize at the Canon’s New Cosmos of Photography 2019. As a result, we will host the Grand Prize solo exhibition at the Canon’s New Cosmos of Photography 2020.
Venue: TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC ART MUSEUM
Dates: October 17th to November 15th, 2020
Closed on Mondays
This year, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, production became very challenging. However, the work was successfully completed after altering the plan.
The title of the work is “Ants”.
Artwork originates from the creator’s subjectivity, but how does that subjectivity appear to others involved in this world?
The work was created from the perspective of seeing oneself as an ant, being observed as one watches ants, and being viewed by an overwhelming force against which one cannot fight. It expresses using ants, which, like humans, have a social nature.
However, are they truly insignificant beings? While one’s existence may be small, that smallness varies depending on the unit of society.