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Abot Daisaku Ikeda:
Daisaku Ikeda is the president of Soka Gakkai International,
a worldwide associatuion with membership in 185 countries and
territories. To date, Mr Ikeda has travelled to more than 50
countries to promote peace and to hold dialoge with world leader,
scolars and cultural figures. Mr Ikeda received the United Nations
Peace Award in 1983. A prolific writer and poet, he receive
the tittle of Poet Laureate from the World Academy of Arts and
Culture in 1981. He is also an honorary mamber of the French
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Photo-Mount Fuji stand regally amid
a surging sea of clouds
Mount Fuji, November 200 |
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Dialogue
with Nature.
"Poetry written with his eye" is how renowned French
art critic and historian Rene huyghe described Daisaku Ikeda's
photographs. Mr Ikeda himself states, 'The poetic mind sees
the heart in nature". And now "the heart in nature"
is rendered visible throught the photographs of the poet laureate
himself. "Dialogue with nature" features a selection
of photographs taken by Mr Ikeda during his travel for peace
to different parts of the world. Whenever an opportunity has
presented itself, Mr Ikeda has photographed scences of nature
that have touched his heart. Since its debut in Paris in 1988,
the exhibition has toured over 63 cities in 29 countries around
the world including Hong Kong, Stockholm, Sao Paulo, Beijing,
Ankara, New York, Singapore, Toronto, Sydney, Moscow and Vienna.
To date, the exhibit has attracted more than 7.5 milion people
in Japan and abroad. Now for the very first time, the exhibition
is brought to Malaysia, Soka Gakkai International and Soka Gakkai
Malaysia. It is our sincered hope that this exhibition, which
embodies Mr. Ikeda profound desire to protect our beautiful
Earth for future generations, will strike a chord in your heart.
May they also provide us the opportunity to carry on a traquil
dialoge with nature, a dialogue to nourish our innermost.
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is little poetwith leaf in his hand Ttokyo, December 1999 |
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"Photographs
are viewed with the eye, but throught the eyes they appeal directly
to the heart… With advancements in camera tecnology, today
one can take a picture merely by pressing a button. True photographs,
however, are taken not with the camera but with the heart. Mr
Ikeda senses his photographic subjects pass throught the filter
of this philosophy before appearing on film."
GILBERTO
FERREZ
Brazilian Historian of Photographic Art |
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How
disciplined is this orderly formation of goldfish in their
bowl
Gumma, August 2001 |
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"Mr
Ikeda takes photographs as freely as he writes poems and stories.
I feel as if his camera functioned in tune with the rhythm of
the universe and breathed like plants. I am impressed with what
I find in each of hia photographs, poetry snd philosophy."
DAVID
P C TAY
Presedent of the Photographic Society of Singapore |
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Water
Lilies
Gumma, Japan, August 2001 |
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"This
exhibition of President Ikeda's 'Dialoge with Nature' reveals
his hitherto little-known talent as a photographer. The powerful
combination of his poetry and photographs expands our appreciation
of his powers of communication. His sensitivity to the beuties
of nature and his concern for peace and brotherhood are evident
in his photographs and make a great impact upon the viewer."
CORNELL
CAPA
Amarican Photographer and Founding Director of the International
Centre of Photography. |
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A
cozy hearth just made for long conversation and forgin
deep friendship
Hachioji,Ttokyo, December 1998 |
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