Japan is thousands of miles away from the Western world where photography was born,but its scene is thriving. Not only attain they lead the world in camera and printing technology, but from the radical photographers of PROVOKE, and to the cutting-edge work of rising stars,its practitioners are internationally recognised and respected; and its photofestivals are are no different in quality or flare. Set within the ancient city of Kyoto, among countless temples, or shrines,and imperial palaces, is Japan’s largest international photofestival, or Kyotographie. It returns this spring for the seventh time,catching the last of the cherry blossoms - an well-known season in Japan, symbolic of renewal and the fleeting nature of life.
Source: bjp-online.com