- 2013 AUG Photo workshop @ ZOORASIA

Aug.1 & 2, 2013
@ ZOORASIA Yokohama Zoological Gardens　1175-1Kamishiranechou, Asahi-ku, Yokohama

Wonder Eyes "Photo Discovery" summer photo workshops with kids at ZOORASIA with the collaboration of ZOORASIA. It was the first time to use a digital SLR camera at Wonder Eyes Photo workshop. About 40 kids participated, learned about the Asian tropical forest with the animals and how to use the camera. Then, they took photos while deepening their understanding of the animals - Indian Elephant, prevention gibbon, Malayan tapir, and Sumatran tiger, etc. - with the explanation of the staff who showed breeding and communicating with the animals. There were special moments of photo shooting. It was an opportunity while observing the animals, take pictures, to know more about the animals and their home land.

Organized by ZOORASIA, Wonder Eyes Project
Supported by Canon Inc.

*some comments by the children

- 2012 AUG Photo workshop "photo discovery @Zoorasia

Aug.2 & 3, 2012 @ZOORASIA, Yokohama Zoological Gardens

"Photo Discovery" summer photo workshops with kids at ZOORASIA on Aug.2 and 3, collaborated with ZOORASIA. About 60 children participated and learned the animals and their home environment with the explanation by the staff. They took photos Indian Elephant, prevention gibbon, Malayan tapir, and Sumatran tiger. It was an opportunity for them while observing the animals, take pictures, to know more about the animals an the natural environment.
*Organized by ZOORASIA, Wonder Eyes Project
Supported by Canon Inc.

* related photo exhibition - Forest of Baby Elephant - Sumatra

photos of endangered Sumatran Elephants
photo by Hikaru Nagatake　

Jul.18 - Sep.30, 2012
at Amazon Center of ZOORASIA
1175-1, Kamishiranecho, Asahi-ku, Yokohama　
9:30-16:30 Closed Tuesday

- 2012 AUG- Photo Exhibition @ Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama

August 1 - 8, 2012 Photo Exhibition KIDS EYE　　
by Wonder Eyes Project

During the summer music events and workshop for children at Minato Mirai Hall at Yokohama, presented photo exposition of Wonder Eyes Project. Lots of kids who visited the music events, came to open their eyes to the different world, looking at the nice photos by the children of the world.

Digital Archive of the photos by the children of the world - first decade of 21 century

10 years passed since Wonder Eyes Photo program did the first photo program with the children in 2000. This decade overlap the big change of technology from film to digital. Gathered these photos by the children, scanned from the films, a total of 1,400 sheets of negative films of the project -- in Australia, Brazil, Cuba, East Timor, Iceland, Indonesia, Mozamique, Peru, Refugee camp in Kenya, Russia, Uzbekistan, and in Japan (Ginza, Tokunoshima, Sado, Yokohama). And a total of approximately 45,000 photos together with the digital data. This is the unique document of the beginning of the 21st century through the eyes of the children.

*making archive was supported by AJOSC in Japan in 2011（http://ajosc.org/）

In our photo program 2000-2010, we used mainly instant film camera(disposable camera) in the first part since 2000, and the first trial of digital camera was in the workshop in 2003 Tokyo, Ginza. Since then, using the one or the both, according to the situation.

- 2012 APR Photo workshop @ Natori, Miyagi prefecture
（with the message from overseas）

Kids photo workshop@Natori
On Apr.29 2012, having a photo workshop with the children at Hakozuka-Sakura, temporary housing area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture. The people living at this housing were of Yuriage fishing town, which was totally damaged by the Earthquake and Tsunami. At the workshop, children took photos freely near the the mound where the cherry blossom is in a full bloom in the shinny spring.

Organized by Nipo-Brazil Friendship, Wonder Eyes Project; Supported by Hakozuka-Sakura temporary residents' association, Canon Inc.

Also, handed to the children the heart-felt drawing messages from Brazilian children of the school of Ceara State - Escola Bom Jesus dos Navegantes - Prainha de Canto Verde.

The heart-felt drawing messages to the Japanese children from Brazilian children of the school of Ceara State - Escola Bom Jesus dos Navegantes - Prainha de Canto Verde. Thanks for friendship, thank you for all the children and teacher, and the director Marlene

- 2011 DEC Photo Workshop & message from overseas @ Yuriage, Natori

Dec.18,2011

Children gathered at Wonder Eyes photo workshop at Hakozuka-Sakura, temporary housing area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture. The people living at this housing were of Yuriage fishing town, which was totally damaged by the Earthquake and Tsunami. At the workshop, children took photos freely near the the mound where there is shrine. It was cold, but sunny day, and they found camellia flower, shinning cloud, some animal figure statues, etc.

Organized by Nipo-Brazil Friendship, Wonder Eyes Project; Supported by Hakozuka-Sakura temporary residents' association, Canon Inc.

- 2011 NOV-DEC
photo exhibition - Russian Far East through the eyes of the children - - The Land of Leopard

Nov.2, 2011 - Jan.9, 2012　
@Amazon Center - Yokohama Zoological Gardens ZOORASIA　
1175-1, Kamishiranecho, Asahi-ku, Yokohama

In 2011, Amur Leopard came to this Zoo.
And the year 2011 is International Forest Year.
And the forest of home land of Amur Leopard is vanishing. Presented selected photos taken by the children of Russian Far East near the land of Leopard, with the information of the area.

Special thanks to Konica Minolta Plaza.
Supported by Canon Inc., WWF Japan;
Organized by WONDER EYES PROJECT, Yokohama Zoological Gardens ZOORASIA

- 2011 AUG-SEP
KID'S EYE - WONDER EYES Photo Exhibition
through the eyes of the children
　
Aug.26 -Sep.20, 2011

@ Gallery Walk, Shiodome Media Tower (Kyodo News Bldg.) 3F
Shimbashi 1-7-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo Tel: 03-6252-8086

Special thanks to Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., supported by Canon Inc.; organized by WONDER EYES PROJECT

*Selected 20 photos taken by the children of the world :Australia, Brazil, Cuba, East Timor, Iceland, Indonesia, Mozambique, Refugee Camp in Kenya, Russia, Uzbekistan, Japan

- 2011 JUL-AUG Photo Exhibition @ Zoorasia AMAZON - through the eyes of the children
Jul.1 - Aug.31, 2011
@ Amazon Center - ZOORASIA Yokohama Zoological Gardens
1175-1, Kamishiranecho, Asahi-ku, Yokohama　

Special thanks to Konica Minolta Plaza. supported by Canon Inc.; organized by WONDER EYES PROJECT, Yokohama Zoological Gardens ZOORASIA

* selected photos taken by the children of Amazon area of Brazil and Peru by WONDER EYES PROJECT

* during the exhibition, carried out photo workshop

- 2011 Project in the book

Wonder Eyes Project appeared on the pages of the famous book Gendai Yogo (2011) in Japan

- 2010 AUG-SEP
WONDER EYES Photo Exhibition　 「ＬＯＶＥ　ＥＡＲＴＨ」
@Konica Minolta Plaza
Photos taken by the children of the WORLD 2000 - 2010 and Peruvian Amazon

Aug. 27 - Sept.6, 2010
Konica Minolta Plaza - Gallery C; Shinjuku Takano Bldg.,4F 3-26-11, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Photos taken by the children of the WORLD 2000 - 2010 & PERUVIAN AMAZON

In 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, presented the selected photos by the children of the world who participated in Wonder Eyes Project so far since 2000. Also, the photos of Peruvian Amazon through the workshop done in 2010.

*Photos by the children of the world - Australia, Brazil, Cuba, East Timor, Iceland, Indonesia, Mozambique, Refugee Camp in Kenya, Russia, Uzbekistan, Japan

organized by: WONDER EYES PROJECT, KONICA MINOLTA PLAZA
*about the project at Pucallpa of Peru: supported by Embassy of Peru in Japan, JAPAN FOUNDATION, Canon Inc.
*about the project at Loreto of Peru: supported by WWF Peru, Konica Minolta Plaza

- 2010 AUG-SEP
WONDER EYES Photo Exhibition 2000-2010 photos taken by the children of the world
Aug.21 - Sep.16, 2010
@Gallery Walk
Shiodome Media Tower (Kyodo News Bldg.)3F
Shimbashi 1-7-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Photos taken by the children of the world who participated in Wonder Eyes from 2000 - 2010 - Australia, Brazil, Cuba, East Timor, Iceland, Indonesia, Mozambique,Refugee Camp in Kenya, Russia, Uzbekistan, Japan

Special thanks to Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., supported by Canon Inc., organized by WONDER EYES PROJECT

DM graphic design by Sachiko Maruyama

-　2008 SEP　Joint Exhibition of Pingu
@Akita Museum of Modern Art　

Aug.30 - Sep.28, 2008
at the space of Akita Museum of Modern Art, Akita, Japan

Collaborated and participated in the exhibition about the environment theme, with the project photos of Iceland and Brazil

- 2008　 Collaboration for the book


Collaboration for the book “The form of a variety of happy children - around the world” by Beatrix Schnippenkoetter, published by Shufunotomo in Japan in Japanese, presented the photos of the project of the world.

Poverty, war, hunger, harsh competition ...... While being exposed to severe reality, children are desperately living searching for each happiness. A book tells the story with the words of the children of the world.

- 2006 JUN　Collaboration CD　　For a Life ♪

PANTA & Goro Nakagawa with SKi　　
For a Life 〜 refugee children with WONDER EYES〜

<collaboration CD including 2 songs by the musician PANTA & Goro Nakagawa with Ski, released on the International Refugee Day, on June 20, 2006.
JRC-0014 　produced by Idle Japan Record.

- 2005 JUL-AUG  
Photo Exhibition around the world with Wonder Eyes
@ UN Gallery,Tokyo

"Let's think of our Planet Earth”
- WONDER EYES - the eyes of the children
JUL. 19 to AUG. 31, 2005
at UN Gallery (UN-House 1F,2F/Tokyo) 5-53-70, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
organized by UNIC, United Nations University
co-organizer : WONDER EYES PROJECT, FULUHASHI (Fuluhashi Kankyo Sogo Kenkyujo)

*an event organized by UNIC (United Nations Information Center) as a starting year of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development（DESD）.
*WONDER EYES photo exposition by the children of East Timor, Uzbekistan, Brazil, Mozambique.

-　2004 AUG　Photo Workshop with Nikkei-Brazilian children in Gunma

We did photo Workshop with the students of Pitagoras in Gunma Prefecture. The school was founded for the Nikkei (Japanese descendent) Brazilian children living in Japan.

From the age 7 to 15, participated, joined the photo projection, photo taking by digital camera. Those children, walking around the school, took photos freely, including rice field, Japanese archery, dharma doll.
*supported by CANON INC.

- 2003 MAR   Photo Exhibition MEET THE SPIRITS
by “Wonder" Kids + Hikaru Nagatake

March 13 - 21, 2003
@Konica Plaza - Gallery C + Gallery B
Takano Bldg.,4F, 3-26-11, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Gallery C : presents photographs taken by the children of East Timor, Uzbekistan, Aborigines,Taiwan who participated in the Wonder Eyes Project up to now. Their fresh and pure eyes give us different way to know and look the world.

Gallery B : presents photographs by Hikaru Nagatake, Japanese Photographer. Focused on the brilliant lives of the children of Amazon, East Timor, etc.

- 2002 DEC

Photo exhibition at the shopping street in Yamaguchi City
Nov.28 - Dec.7, 2002

Unique exhibition, collaborated with the shops of the shopping street, presented the photos at the display of the shop - photos taken by the children of Australia, Brazil, East Timor & Uzbekistan.

Organized by International Understanding Promotion Council of Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Citizens Activities Support Center, Saporante

- 2002 OCT　Wonder Eyes Photo Exhibition Ginza Accueille 2002 @ Yajima Gallery

Participated in the Autumn Festival in Ginza 2002.
Presented the photos taken by the children of Australia, East Timor, Uzbekistan and Taiwan through Wonder Eyes Photo Program carried out 2000-2002.

Oct.10-21, 2002 @ Yajima Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo
Organized by Wonder Eyes Project, supported by Ginza Festival Committee, Konica Corporation.

- 2002 JUL-AUG　Photo Exhibition and photo workshop @ Nara

Nara is an ancient city, and historically related to Silk Road. In this respect, did the photo exhibition of Uzbekistan, taken by the children of Uzbekistan and photo workshop with the children in Nara, and also cultural exchange between Japan and Uzbekistan through photography.

Photo Exhibition - Photos from the children of Uzbekistan
July 20 - August 3, 2002
@Kurumagi-Kobo, Kurumagi, Takatori Town, Nara
Presented about 220 photos by the children of Uzbekistan
Organized by JICA Osaka Center and Nara International Association
Under the auspices of Nara Prefecture, Nara Prefectural Board of Education, Takatori Town, Takatori Town Board of Education, The Nara International Foundation
Supported by Okamura Insatsu Kogyo, Kurumagi Kobo, Committee　of Wonder Eyes Photo Exhibition