東京工芸大学　芸術学部フェスタ2020　電子図録

64 Department of Photography TANAKA Hitoshi After graduating university in 1979, began production work primarily in Kansai. Completed degree in media art from graduate school in 1998 after studying photography in Japan and New York. Currently engaged mainly in production and research. Major solo exhibitions: Bunshi Katsura, Water, Weather, etc. Papers/research reports: On Photography Education, A Study of Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Preservation of Shoji Ueda’s Negatives Major written work: To Mica. (photobook), The Reality of Contemporary Photography (co-author), Photography: Technique & Expression (responsible editor/co-author) The Horonai area of Mikasa, Hokkaido was once a broad plain called Poro Nai in the Ainu language. Development progressed since the discovery of coal beds in the early Meiji period, resulting in rapid advancement. With the industrialization of coal mining, it became a town where many people lived and was quite prosperous, but it eventually became a depopulated area due to the decline and withdrawal of the coal industry. Now, some lot numbers and postal codes are being discontinued and are disappearing. This place, far from human hands, is returning to nature, dominated by horseflies and brown bears. Disappear the 2020 Faculty of Arts Festival FESTA-08 Artwork