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Went in to the Nikon Salon at 1pm to mat the pictures (flat atop the correct size of paper stuck down with tape) and left around 7. Also spent about 30 minutes taking time to walk from the 28th floor of the Shinjuku L Tower and underground to the Sekaido mega art supply shop on the other side of Shinjuku for 2 sheets of paper. Thought I had enough cut last weekend.
A Tuesday evening in the Nikon Salon is a pretty busy time- two shows are taken down while two more are being put up. Onishi sensei showed up and his help and encouragement (enthusiasm) helped quite a bit. He also gave me the very first copy of his new book that comes out tomorrow, but that will be a future blog post.
The show looks good, prints seem ok, we (Onishi, Nagamachi, Tanaka, and the guy who physically hangs the work) figured out the best layout for the photos using the frames and wall space available. Despite the time spent over the past few weeks planning, we ended up with less wall space than I figured, hence the two level arrangement on the south wall. Can’t thank them enough.
In case you can’t make it, 15 of the 30+ pictures in the exhibition can be seen here: Gaijin Like Me
The Japanese press release can be found here.