Reminders Photography Stronghold will hold an exhibition of the work of photographer Hajime Kimura, whose book “Kodama” was recently published by Mado-sha.
Duration: December 16, 2012 (Sun.) to January 13, 2013 (Sun.)
Time: 11:00–20:00

The river in the bottom of the ravine was half frozen. It was a mother bear that had been shot, and dark-red blood was seeping into the freshly fallen snow.
The sun was setting, and my fingers had were freezing even inside my gloves. The men turned the bear’s body and I could see a vivid white pattern like a boomerang on her chest. The rest of her body seemed so black that I felt the word “jet” could be used only for this bear. The deep-darkness was beating slightly. Her eyes were shining emerald green. I felt she was looking for her child.
The first time I learned the word “matagi” I was 21. At that time, the word was an abstraction from literature. I could not imagine the cold northern matagi world.
The white boomerang was immediately colored red when a dagger was stabbed into her chest.
She died in the beginning of a new spring, and some big-black men stood around her. I wondered how her child would survive … Her fresh blood flowed out from an artery. Steam rose from the deep fat under her fur in the freezing air.
In the end her heart quietly stopped beating.
– Hajime Kimura

Duration: December 16, 2012 (Sun.) to January 13, 2013 (Sun.)
Time: 11:00–20:00
Opening Reception: December 15, 16:00 (Sat.) 
A “Designing Photobooks” panel discussion with book publisher Mr. Nishiyama, Madosha and book designer Mr. Takasaki will start at 17:00.
Opening reception: Photo exhibition sponsors and RPS members: free
General: 1,500 yen
* For exhibition hours during the New Year period, please contact us directly.
Place: REMINDERS PHOTOGRAPHY STRONGHOLD Gallery
Higashi-Mukojima, 2-38-5 Sumida-ku, Tokyo

We’ll also sell the “KODAMA” photobook [limited to 400 copies, with autograph and cabinet size print (RC), 2,940 yen] here during the exhibition. If you would like to purchase it, you can reserve a copy by contacting stronghold@reminders-project.org.

Sponsorship for the “Kodama” Hajime Kimura Photo Exhibition

We welcome donations from those who support REMINDERS PHOTOGRAPHY STRONGHOLD and the staging of this exhibition. The success of this and future exhibitions will be in large part thanks to your support and we very much appreciate it!

The photographer will show his appreciation to sponsors with presentation of photographic prints of the sponsor’s choice, as below:
Pledge ¥5,000:  8×10 original RC print
Pledge ¥10,000: 11×14 original fiber print
Pledge ¥20,000: 16×20 original fiber print

*Note that shipping and handling fees will be extra depending on where you want the book / print to be sent.
From the photobook and exhibition, you can specify any one image of your choice. Overseas sponsors who cannot attend the exhibition can choose an image from Kimura’s website: http://hajimekimura.net/matagi/.

But please don’t feel limited to donating in the amounts suggested above. For example, a donor giving ¥50,000 would be entitled to two 16×20 prints and one 11×14 print, or 10 8×10 prints and so on.

※ The prints will be sent to donors after the end of exhibition.