Lectures at the MFA - Naoya Hatakeyama: Personal Landscapes

Naoya Hatakeyama, photographer One of Japan’s leading contemporary photographers, Naoya Hatakeyama has presented award-winning images that explore the relationship between urbanization and the natural world, some of which were on view in the exhibition “In the Wake: Japanese Photographers Respond to 3-11.” Since 2011, Hatakeyama has returned to his tsunami-ravaged home of Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture to photograph the transformed landscape. Hear how his experiences in Japan and abroad have influenced his process, body of work, and personal philosophy. Wednesday, April 22, 2015