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          Takeshi Shikama

          Born:1948 in Tokyo, Japan.

          Education: Aoyamagakuin University, 1968-1970.



          In 2002 Takeshi Shikama turned to photography after a career in the field of design. He was drawn to forests as the subject for his large format camera.

          Born in Tokyo, Japan.

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        2. In Takeshi Shikama turned to photography after a career in the field of design.
        3. Takeshi Shikama, a former landscape designer, found his passion in photography.
        4. Takeshi Shikama: Contemplations • Dec 10 - Jan 7 Born in Tokyo in , Takeshi Shikama taught himself photography but never expected.

          5. It was the “invisible world”, hidden behind the “visible” that he worked to capture. His first photo collection was published in 2007 as Mori no Hida Silent Respiration of Forests. This project became the launch of a lifetime endeavor.

          In 2008, he created a new series, Utsuroi-Evanescence, consisting of four parts: Forest, Field, Lotus, and Garden.



          In 2009, he added the fifth part, Landscape. The following year, in 2010, while working on the Evanescence series, he started working with Japanese hand made Gampi paper for his platinum Palladium printing. The detail involved to create these prints; each requiring hand-coating the emulsion on the paper and contact printing the negative; reflects the intimacy an