Animal photographer Mitsuaki Iwago's photo exhibition "Cats and Lions" will be held at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum in Yebisu Garden Place from August 10th to October 20th.
The exhibition features approximately 180 works featuring cats and lions, two of Iwago's subjects of photography, and which he spends the most time photographing. By examining the similarities and differences between the two, which Iwago describes as "cats are small lions, and lions are big cats," the exhibition highlights the wildness that humans are gradually forgetting. Iwago will also be holding artist talks on August 10th and 17th.
In conjunction with the exhibition, a photo book featuring 199 works, "Cats and Lions" (Crevis), will be published. It will be available in bookstores nationwide and online in mid-August.
Iwago is an animal photographer born in Tokyo in 1950. In addition to wild animals, he is also known for his work with cats as his subject, having published the photo books "Cats" and "Cat Walk" (both published by Crevice), and holding a photo exhibition "Cat Walk" at the Mitsukoshi main store in May of this year. A photo exhibition "Cats" will also be held at Shibuya Hikarie from the 1st to the 25th of next month.



[Event Information]
Mitsuaki Iwago Photo Exhibition "Cat Lion"
Location: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 1st basement floor exhibition room
Address: Ebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Period: August 10th to October 20th
Hours: 10:00 to 18:00 (until 20:00 on Thursdays and Fridays, except until September 27th, until 21:00 on Thursdays and Fridays; last admission 30 minutes before closing)
Closed: Mondays (if a holiday falls on Monday, closed the following day)
Admission Fee: Adults 800 yen, Students 700 yen, Junior and Senior High School Students and those 65 and over 600 yen (Various discounts available, including the "Cat Discount" program with the "Cat" photo exhibition at Shibuya Hikarie)