2022.9.28 ー 10.30 *Extended

Kohei Take "The Shops in the World ーA world of shops: price comparisons with Japan"

During his travels around the world, Kohei Take has photographed small stores and shops throughout Africa, Asia and South America, always including a price comparison in Japanese Yen and US Dollars. Spanning subjects from a variety of cultures and regions, Take’s passion project examines the diversity and communicative nature of commerce around the world. As the internet and big-box stores continue to change how we buy and sell, we hope that these photos from all over the world may serve as an inspiration to reflect on the significance and color of local shopping streets and small businesses.

The exhibition is held in conjunction with Nuit Blanche Kyoto. Adding to the exhibition at DELTA / KYOTOGRAPHIE, photographs by Kohei Take will also be displayed in the arcades of the Demachi Masugata Shopping Street, featuring newly-created portraits of shopkeepers from the Demachi Masugata Shopping Street.

On October 1st at 15:00, we will welcome Kohei Take for a conversation with KYOTOGRAPHIE co-founder Yusuke Nakanishi, followed by “Music & Joy” held in collaboration with Cinematik Saloon at 17:00 (until approx. 21:00).

▍Kohei Take

Kohei Take was born in a camera shop in Kiryu, Gunma, in 1968. He started his professional career as a photo studio assistant and traveled to dozens of countries while assisting photographers on their shoots. In 2001, he founded Take Photo and began to work as an independent photographer. 

Take has taken photographs for numerous advertisements and campaigns, and he is a contributing photographer for publications such as ANA’s in-flight magazine “Tubasa no Okoku”, the London-based lifestyle magazine “Monocle”, “Condé Nast Traveler” and many other publications. In 2008, the Japanese-Chinese Photography Culture Exchange Association selected Take’s works for a group exhibition shown in Tokyo and various places in China, including the National Palace Museum in Beijing. The book “The Way of Whisky: A Journey Around Japanese Whisky” (Mitchell Beazley Publishers, 2017), a collaboration with writer Dave Broom, won the André Simon Memorial Fund’s 2017 John Avery Award.