EVENTS, PROJECTS & exhibitions
Below is a listing of events, projects, exhibitions, press clippings and reviews for Nobechi Creative.
Synchronistic Seeing: How to Tap Into the Synchronicity of Haiku and Poetry (an EWTM Special presentation)
An Evening on Zoom with DR. Kit Nagamura, hosted by George Nobechi
LIVE on zoom Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 7PM CDT/8PM EDT (Friday, July 15, 2022 9AM JST/ 10AM AEST)
spring ending
on a bridge, a businessman
inhales the cool dusk
©2022 words and image Kit Nagamura
Haiku poetry has become the most widely written classical form of poetry in the world. During the three years that Dr. Kit Nagamura co-hosted NHK World’s international TV show “Haiku Masters,” she received works from poets living in over 160 countries. The appeal of the form, developed in Japan, extends far beyond its brevity, however; haiku has been called “a way of life” for the effect it has of enriching and deepening the way one views the world.
Though writing haiku appears simple, most people who are new to the form find that…it’s actually a lot more challenging than they had thought, but also a lot more interesting. Kit has developed an introductory lesson that shows how haiku can intersect with photography, to produce unique multidimensional creations known as shahai, or Photo Haiku.
Join Dr. Kit Nagamura, internationally renowned and decorated writer, poet, educator, and photographer in this special lesson FREE on Zoom, capacity limited to first 100.
Autumn Artist Round Table
ON ZOOM
We held a Round-Table artist talk on Zoom October 26, 2021. Panelists Allen Clark, Nevada Wier, Kate Breakey, Michael Clark George Nobechi discussed their latest projects and shared insights on travel and art in the dawn of a new era.
We also gave a demo on Ibasho, our free social media platform for sharing photographic insights and discussion. If you were wondering about the platform but didn’t know how to join or what benefits it has, this is your chance to learn some more.
Now, we have below recordings from five segments from the event. Enjoy!
SATORU: THE BLOSSOMING OF AWARENESS
ONLINE EXHIBITION
Image: “The Stairs in the Forest”, George Nobechi
This spring, sixteen photographers based in the US, Canada and Japan gathered each week in an online workshop led by George Nobechi to explore Japanese artistic concepts and metaphors in a class called "Sunday Night is Photo Night (Level II)."
Thanks to an introduction by class participant Carolyn Courtney, the organizers of the Louisville Photo Biennial became acquainted with the class's work and extended an invitation to exhibit at the festival in the Fall of 2021. The show takes place at the Asia Institute Crane House from Sep 11th~Oct 9th, 2021.
To commemorate this occasion, Nobechi Creative has created an online exhibition of this work.
Ibasho - a new kind of photo community is here!
This Spring, we have created a new photographic community that comes free of judgment, free of advertising, free of anything except creative energy. Best of all, we are offering a place to anyone who wants to join us. “Ibasho” (Japanese for “a place to be”). Join us via the button below!
View this short demo video showing you the features of Ibasho
Evenings with the Masters® Season 2 LIVE is NOW COMPLETE.
Nobechi Creative exclusive workshop partnership with photoNOLA 2020 & 2021
Nobechi Creative was proud to exclusively present PhotoNOLA 2020 and 2021’s online workshop and seminar line-up. Featuring artists and experts such as Kate Breakey, Jeff Phillips, Rania Matar, Ibarionex Perello, Mary Virginia Swanson, Russell Lord and Jenny Bagert, Martha Zlatar, Zalmai, Timothy Duffy, Freeman Vines and more. Visit our PhotoNOLA event page to view the stellar line-up of programs we produced.
Evenings with the Masters®: Inspiration from Photographers
Season 1 on video
Thanks to your support, Season One of Evenings with the Masters® was a tremendous success, and now the entire season has been released on video for you to watch at any time.
Be inspired by master photographers in a special program in support of coronavirus relief and creativity. Evenings with the Masters® Season 1 features a stellar cast of inspirational photographers from all genres: Allen Clark, Amy Toensing, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Arthur Meyerson, Erika Larsen, Gerd Ludwig, George Nobechi, Greg Gorman, Ibarionex Perello, Jamey Stillings, Kate Breakey, Keith Carter, Michael Clark, Nevada Wier, Russell Brown, Stephen Wilkes and Sam Abell
For the videos, all proceeds after production costs will go to Covid-19-related charities.
SAM ABELL online exhibition
with George Nobechi
"Hagi, Then and Now" is an exhibition of photographs by Sam Abell and George Nobechi made over the course of many years.
In 1980 Sam Abell was assigned by National Geographic to document the small city of Hagi in southwest Japan. Beginning in 2016, Sam returned to Hagi with fellow photographer George Nobechi and the two of them documented both Sam's return and his connection to the local people, culture and landscape of his favorite city. This is an online exhibition of works that were on display in Hagi in 2019. There are all-new interviews and audio clips featuring conversations between Sam and George.
An online opening via Zoom with the presence of both photographers was held on Thursday, July 30, 2020. A recording of this, as well as full audio clips featuring interviews with Sam and George, as well as the photographs from the exhibition are just one click away below.
ARTHUR MEYERSON “THE JOURNEY” PHOTO TALK | NOV 2018
Arthur Meyerson is recognized as one of America’s finest color photographers. Since 1974, he has produced award-winning work for magazines, advertising agencies and corporations. Meyerson’s work has been published widely and is in the collections of several major museums and art institutions as well as many private collections. In 2012 he published his acclaimed book, The Color of Light and in 2017, Arthur’s highly anticipated second book, The Journey was published.
Arthur presented his award-winning photographs and his work to a Tokyo audience for the first time. For more information, please click the button below.
"TAKAYAMA: HEART OF A CITY" GROUP EXHIBITION, APR-MAY 2018
A group photographic exhibition, curated by Greg Gorman and George Nobechi, was installed at the Hida Takayama Town Museum in Takayama, Japan, using images made by our group of international photographers during the 10-day portraiture and landscapes workshop we held in that town.
GREG GORMAN community talk, APR 2018
World-renowned portrait and celebrity photographer Greg Gorman enthralled a standing-room-only audience of Takayama citizens and foreign visitors at the City Library’s event space.
Sam Abell Exhibition and Talk Poster, 2017
Sam Abell HAGI
TALK and exhibition, Nov 2017
In the Fall of 1980, National Geographic photographer Sam Abell spent two months in the remote, southwest Japanese city of Hagi on assignment to capture the place that spawned many of Japan’s leading reformists who changed the course of the nation’s history in the 1860s and beyond through the Meiji Restoration.
That experience led to a story in the National Geographic Magazine in 1984, as well as several of Sam’s iconic photographs. The city also had a profound impact on Sam’s photographic life. He was, as he said “on fire.”
Fast forward to 2016 and Sam returned to Hagi with George Nobechi, his mother and photographer Skip Klein. During this brief visit, the seeds or a reunion were planted— in life and also in photography. A visit with the mayor led to the approval to have a major retrospective exhibition of Sam’s work in Hagi: “Hagi, 1980” in November of 2017.
As part of this exhibition, Sam held court with a standing room-only crowd at the Hagi Meirin Center, the city’s new crown jewel tourism facility. He talked about his life in photography and his life in Hagi to a very appreciative audience. Following the event, a reception was held for honored guests including the mayor, and several people Sam photographed in 1980, as well as their relatives and friends.