WONDER EYES PROJECT and WWF Japan, as a collaborative Project, carried out the photo program in Barabash, a village in Primorskii Region of Russian Far East, in April 2008, and approximately 120 local school children, aged 7 to 17, took photos freely. The village is near the Land of Amur Leopard. They are critically endangered, and their estimated number is about 30-40 in the wild at that time.
Photo workshop:
In 2008 April, with collaboration of WWF Japan and Russia, the photo program was done with the school children in Barabash, a village in Primorskii Region of Russian Far East. 120 children took photos freely, using digital and instant-film camera.
Kids photo exchange - Japan x Russia:
It takes only 1.5 hours by air from Niigata, Japan, to neighboring country, Russian Far East. In 2007 December, carried out the photo program at Hamochi Elementary School, the school children, taking photos around the school, made the photo postcards with a message toward to the children living in the Russia Far East. Then, Russian school children exchanged the photo card with the these Japanese school children of Sado, Niigata.
Project pamphlet presenting the photos by the children of Russian Far East including the information about Amur Leopard
WONDER EYES Photo Exhibition - Land of the Amur Leopard
-- Russian Far East through the eyes of children
Aug.2-31, 2008
at Gallery Walk of Kyodo News Bldg
- Shiodome Media Tower3F(Shiodome/Tokyo) tel: 03-6252-8086
- organized by WONDER EYES PROJECT WWF JAPAN
- supported by CANON INC., KONICA MINOLTA PLAZA, JAPAN-EURASIA SOCIETY, FOE JAPAN
Aug.29 - Sep.8, 2008
at KONICA MINOLA PLAZA (Shinjuku/Toyko) tel:03-3225-5001
About 100 photos and the video will be shown.
- organized by WONDER EYES PROJECT, WWF JAPAN, KONICA MINOLTA PLAZA
- supported by CANON INC., JAPAN-EURASIA SOCIETY, FOE JAPAN
....Aug.29, 18:30 talk event at the gallery
Exhibition tour at the gallery of mont-bell club
・November 30 - December 21, 2008 at montbell club shop - Suwa
・January 10 - February 1, 2009 at montbell club shop - Shibuya
・February 7 - 22, 2009 at montbell club shop - Nara
・April 4 - 29, 2009 at montbell club shop - Nagoya
・May 2 - 31, 2009 at montbell club shop - Minami Machida
Exhibition in Niigata
March 2 - 31, 2009
at Esplanado - Niigata
organized by WWF Japan, Wonder Eyes Project, Niigata International Association
supported by Consulate General of Russia in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Niigata City
(alphabetical order) by CANON INC., JAPAN-EURASIA SOCIETY, FOE JAPAN, KONICAMINOLTAPLAZA
photos taken by the children of Russian Far East and also Sado, Niigata
