KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival 2020 – Kyoto, Japon

Around the world, more and more of the population is suffering from nearsightedness.
The result of making profit and indulging in self-interest at any cost has made our society and environment crumble.

We face now an invisible terror, a virus sweeping across the world eroding our systems and securities. Acting alone is no longer an option, we must abandon our myopic governments and attitudes to band together to create a new paradigm.

The word “VISION” refers our physical functional vision, but also the mind’s eye. In these unprecedented times, what kind of future does the world see?

For KYOTOGRAPHIE 2020, “VISION” gathers diverse perspectives. In order to change the world, we must first change our “VISION” of it. After all, the world is created by our collective consciousness.

Once we can perceive the world’s problems as a cumulative effect of generations of mismanage- ment and avoidance, assuming responsibility for our past, and future actions as a species we can change the world.

Let’s share our VISION!

Mari Katayama – Home again
Curated by Simon Baker

Wing Shya – One Light, Different Reflections
Presented by BMW
Curated by Karen Smith

Atsushi Fukushima – Bento is ready
KG+ select 2019 Award Winner
Curated by Pascal Beausse

Marjan Teeuwen – Destroyed House

Ryosuke Toyama – LEADING LIGHT
Presented by Kiwakoto

Pierre-Elie de Pibrac – In Situ
Presented by CHANEL NEXUS HALL
Curated by India Dhargalkar

Omar Victor Diop 
Diaspora & MASU MASU MASUGATA

Marie Liesse – Story of a Bridge between Two Worlds
Curated by Marina Amada

Kai Fusayoshi – Kamo River Wandering

Elsa Leydier 
Winner of the 2019 Maison Ruinart Photography Prize – Presented by Ruinart