e_peru of WONDER EYES PROJECT

program

☆program with USKO-AYAR　　　　☆program with WWF-Peru with the Kandozi
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photos taken by the children　　　please clickhere

photo exhibition 2010 @ Konica Minolta Plaza→ jump for the details

poster presentation jump for the details

Wonder Eyes Photo Exchange - Japan x Peru-Amazon jump for the details

photo exhibition @ Zoorasia 2011 Feb/Mar→ jump for the details

Photo Exhibition@Kyoto University of Foreign Studies 2011 June jump for the details

Approximately 6.8 billion people live on this planet Earth, and it is said the children are one third of these population. What do the children see and how do they live ?

Wonder Eyes Project(Japanese NGO) has been carrying out the non profit photo program with the children of the different countries in the world.
In 2010, at the International Year of Biodiversity, carried out the photo workshop in the Peruvian Amazon, Pucallpa, with the collaboration of USKO-AYAR, Peruvian Amazon Painting School. Pucallpa has been developing with the wood industry, and near the city, the forest area is vanishing.

At the environmental crisis in the world, an essay "A Sense of Wonder" gives us inspiration. It is the last book of Rachel Carson, the famous writer of "Silent Spring", American scientist, marine biologist, based on her experience of commune with nature, with the son of her niece.

At the workshop, children take photos freely, communing with nature, invited to the forest area, natural park and zoo, discovering a beauty and wonder. Also, using disposable camera, they took daily lives. Selecting the photos by themselves, making photo postcards with messages, the participants will exchange these cards with the Japanese children.

We hope their "wonder eyes" will inspire the future of the better world.

-- Hikaru Nagatake (photographer, director of Wonder Eyes Project)

*selected photos shown at the exhibition in Tokyo, on the web gallery, etc.
*supported by Japan Foundation, Canon Inc., Konica Minolta Plaza

***　USKO AYAR is a non profit painting school, founded by Pablo Amaringo (artist, ex-shaman) and Eduardo Luna (anthropologist) in 1988. As the Director, Pablo Amaringo was honored with the Global 500 award (by United Nations to recognize the environmental achievements of individuals and organizations around the world) in 1992. The directed was passed away last year and the school is challenging for the better.

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looking at the photos by the children of the world...　 photo training, using the disposable cameras..　

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selecting photos....　 boat in the river, monkeys near the house, the leaves for the local food "Juane", etc....

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photo training with digital camera... communing with nature... discover the wonder...

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visiting the forest, zoo, river, natural park, etc...

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selecting photos, making photo postcards...　　

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some animals of the Amazon..... writing a message.. making postcards...

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　　　mini photo exposition at the school...



photos taken by the children　　　please clickhere


mini video 　　please clickhere
　　　*Wonder Eyes Photo program in Pucallpa with USKO-AYAR

program with WWF-Peru with the Kandozi in the upper Amazon

Approximately 6.8 billion people live on this planet Earth, and it is said the children are one third of these population. What do the children see and how do they live ?

Wonder Eyes Project has been carrying out the non profit photo program with the children of the different countries in the world, and in 2010, at the International Year of Biodiversity, in July, carried out the photo workshop in the Peruvian Amazon, with the collaboration of WWF-Peru, at the villages of Kandoshi people of the Pastaza river, near the lake Rimachi, the largest lake of the upper Amazon of Peru. The area is very rich in fish like Arapaima, one of the world's largest freshwater fish. Presenting the photos taken by the children living with the Amazon forest and the river, we hope their "wonder eyes" will inspire you and the better life of the whole planet earth.

---- Hikaru Nagatake (photographer, director of Wonder Eyes Project)

*the photos by the children and the activities video will be coming soon on the web gallery

*collaborated by WWF-Peru, supported by Konica Minolta Plaza
*the program was collaborated with the local school teachers

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photo training at the school of the village using disposable camera, and then children took freely photos.

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holding the camera at first time...

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workshop with digital camera, printing photos, small exhibition at school...

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lots of nice photos shown by little photographers

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photos taken by the children　　　please clickhere


mini video 　　please clickhere
　　　*Wonder Eyes Photo program in the Pastaza river with WWF Peru and Kandozi children

　 WONDER EYES Photo Exhibition　L♡VE EARTH

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Aug. 27 - Sept.6, 2010 10:30-19:00

Konica Minolta Plaza
Shinjuku Takano Bldg.,4F 3-26-11, Shinjuku, Tokyo Tel: 03-3225-5001

Photos taken by the children of PERUVIAN AMAZON, and the WORLD 2000 - 2010

In 2010, at the International Year of Biodiversity, presented the selected photos by the children of Peruvian Amazon, together with the selected photos taken by the children of the world who participated in Wonder Eyes Project so far since 2000.

Photos taken by the children of PERU :
-- children of Pucallpa with the collaboration of USKO-AYAR,
-- children of Kandozi with the collaboration of WWF Peru

Photos taken by the children of the world : children participated in Wonder Eyes from 2000 - 2010
-- Australia, Brazil, Cuba, East Timor, Iceland, Indonesia, Mozambique, Refugee Camp in Kenya, Russia, Uzbekistan, Japan

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organized by: WONDER EYES PROJECT KONICA MINOLTA PLAZA
*about the project at Pcallpa: supported by Embassy of Peru in Japan, JAPAN FOUNDATION, Canon Inc.
*about the project at Loreto: supported by WWF Peru, Konica Minolta Plaza

*sample photos
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........from the world....

　 poster＠COP10　nagoya

posters with the photos taken by the Peruvian Amazon and the texts of wonder eyes
activities 2010 presented @ COP10 as a official poster of Peruvian Government.

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graphic design by Sachiko Maruyama

　 Wonder Eyes Photo Exchange - Japan x Peru-Amazon

The children of Peru and Japan took photos and exchanged the photo cards with the messages.
Participated about 150 children in Japan, with more than 180 postcards. Supported by Japan Foundation

Peru --- November 2010
Japan --- Oct/Nov 2010
Japan --- Aug/Sep 2010 exhibition
Peru --- April 2010 exchange activities

------- Peru November 2010

In November 2010, carried out the cultural exchange between the children of Japan and Peru in Pucallpa, with the collaboration of USKO-AYAR,
Peruvian Amazon Painting School. Some photo cards from Japanese children exhibited at the school, and then, children received the photo cards for exchange. Also, some children wrote a message with some picture again for the Japanese kids. Participated also the students of school, Sollertia (Instituto Educativa Sollertia) .

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at USKO-AYAR　receiving the photo cards from Japan

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photo workshop

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the students of Sollertia school　　

------- Japan October/November 2010

@ Kagawa elementary school in Kanagawa　
Collaborated by Professor Furuya, photo workshop carried out with Hikaru Nagatake, on Oct.15..
The school children also received the photo postcards mainly with the animals and nature of the Peruvian Amazon.
（supported by Canon Inc. for the digital camera and equipment for the use).
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○with Ojiya junior high school in Niigata

Collaborated by professor Suetake, and Mr.Watanabe of Ojiya Journal,
and the school children received the photo cards made by the children of
Peruvian Amazon, and for the exchange, Ojiya students took photos and
made more than 50 photo cards. A lot of thing "Japanese" captured:
School life, Japanese countryside nature, tradition, and so on.

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photo by Ojiya Shimbun


○ with Onta Elementary School of Higashimurayama (Tokyo)
Collaborated by the principal Nishidome and photographer Maruyama,
About 70 photo cards gathered., and each photo show how the kids living in Japan.

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○ with the members of SKI
"Uniform Improvement Committee" is Japanese girls' pop group, doing the volunteer
work and music lives. Mika Hashimoto is the leader of the activities, and with her collaboration,
11 girls of the members participated in the photo exchange. Having received the postcards
from the Peruvian Amazon, and for exchange, they made photo card with a message for
the children in the Peruvian Amazon.
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©SKI (photo left and center)
web of Ski (only Japanese)


＠ ZOORASIA YOKOHAMA ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
Carried out photo workshop "Photo Discovery" at ZOORASIA Yoohama Zoological Gardens
on Nov.6. Japanese children received the photo postcards from the Peruvian Amazon, and
Japanese children took photos of the animals living in Japan. Made postcards to the children of Peru.
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---- Peru 　April 2010

In 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, carried out the photo workshop in the Peruvian Amazon, Pucallpa, with the collaboration of USKO-AYAR, Peruvian Amazon Painting School and cultural exchange between the children in Japan and Peru. At the workshop, children take photos freely, communing with nature, invited to the forest area, natural park and zoo, discovering a beauty and wonder. Also, using disposable camera, they took daily lives. Selecting the photos by themselves, making photo postcards with messages, the participants will exchange these cards with the Japanese children.

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***　USKO AYAR is a non profit painting school, founded by Pablo Amaringo (artist, ex-shaman) and Eduardo Luna (anthropologist) in 1988. As the Director, Pablo Amaringo was honored with the Global 500 award (by United Nations to recognize the environmental achievements of individuals and organizations around the world) in 1992. The directed was passed away last year and the school is challenging for the better.

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　selecting photos....　 boat in the river, monkey near the house, the animals, etc....
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making photo postcards to the Japanese kids ...　
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...mini photo exposition at the school......

　 Photo exhibition 　by Peruvian Amazon through the eyes of the children

Feb.2 - Mar.14, 2011
at Amazon Center of ZOORASIA YOKOHAMA ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS in Yokohama

photos taken by the children of Peruvian Amazon :
Usko-Ayar Painting School children (Pucallpa) and indigenous Kandosi children along the Pastaza river.

organized by WONDER EYES PROJECT, Yokohama Zoological Gardens
special thanks to Konica Minolta Plaza, supported by Canon Inc.

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※this is the part of the exhibition tour of the photos presented at KONICA MINOLTA PLAZA during Aug.27-Sep.6, 2010

.presented together with the photos
of the Japanese animals taken by the Japanese children

　 Photo Exhibition　
WONDER EYES through the eyes of the children of AMAZON - PERU

June 1 (Wed.) – June 12 (Sun.), 2011 10:00-16:30 .


at University Gallery - Kyoto University of Foreign Studies


photos taken by the children of Peruvian Amazon :
Usko-Ayar Painting School children (Pucallpa) and
indigenous Kandosi children along the Pastaza river.


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*this is the exhibition tour presented at Konica Minolta Plaza (Tokyo) for Aug.27-Sep.6,2010