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The Heartwork of Kyoto Journal
Based in one of the world’s great cultural cities, Kyoto Journal has endeavoured to explore, celebrate, and share the diverse traditional and contemporary creative life of Kyoto, Japan and Asia at large for nearly 40 years. Kyoto Journal’s network of contributors—based both in Japan and abroad—are all volunteers, making the magazine home-grown, independent and outside the sphere of commercial media.
Under the direction of photographer and founding editor John Einarsen, photographic art has played an important role in each edition. This exhibition showcases a selection of the most compelling images and the stories behind them collected from the past 108 issues, forming the ‘heartwork’ of Kyoto Journal.
Fire at Kyoto sword maker’s foundry, Kyoto Journal 107 (Fire & Kyoto) Photograph by Tobias Hutzler
Elvis noh mask, from “The New Noh,” Kyoto Journal 106 Photograph by Kitagawa Sohta
Afghani woman, from “Restoring Dignity,” Kyoto Journal 76 Photograph by Lana Slézak