Here you go, my BIG announcement!

Florence and her pictures will go to Nantes, France!!!

I knew of Nantes for the famous Edict of Nantes and Battle of Nantes from my history class, but didn’t know it is now a city of Art and Culture.  I heard many artists are moving there or want to move there.  For those of us who are not familiar with France, Nantes is only 2 hours from Paris by TGV (see map below).

So to make a long story short, this city of Nantes is going to have a big event about Japan from the end of August to the end of October.  The name of the event is “Itinéraires Nantes Japon.”  There will be lots of different shows, movies, lectures, performances, demonstrations, etc.  Also Nantes is a sister city to Niigata (northern very snowy part of Japan), and people from Niigata will participate in the special program.

The city’s official website is here.

You can click on the image below and download the official program (pdf file).

Back to Florence’s exhibition –

As you can see in the program, Florence’s exhibition is listed first   That’s a good sign, right?  Okay, are you ready?  Her exhibition will be at the main event site, Cosmopolis, and 50 Japan pictures will be shown there.  Yes, you read it right.  Fifty pictures, 5-0!!!  Not only that, some of them will be in large and larger sizes!!!!! (If you are curious about where those 50 pictures will be hung, go click “READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY” below.)

This is certainly the biggest exhibition ever.  And guess what.  Some of the pictures are brand new, fresh from the Japan trip that Florence and I did a few weeks ago!

By the way, I will never ever go back to Japan in the summer time.  It was like being in sauna all day (and night) long.  You would sweat just standing there.  It was even hard to breath at first because of the heavy humid air.  I just admire Florence so much for having carried her camera gears in that condition and actually shot great pictures.  If Florence okays, I’ll post one of the pictures here as a sneak preview before the exhibition.

With a room for 50 pictures, you would think it’s easy to select.  Well, it was not.  There were lots of other pictures that we wanted to show, but we had to drop them from the selection, unfortunately.  Neither Florence nor I like the picture selection process.  We have our favorites, but cannot choose all of them.  So often times we would end up getting into a heated discussion, if you know what I mean…

So here are Florence’s Nantes exhibition details:

Title: Japon – un pays, deux mondes

Date: du vendredi 10 septembre au dimanche 10 octobre

Place: Espace Cosmopolis 18, rue Scribe, 44000 Nantes

Opening: Vendredi 10 septembre 2010 à 18h30 (Inauguration)

Website: http://www.nantes.fr/culture/actualites-culturelles/2010_2/nantes_japon

Please everyone, come to Florence’s biggest showing ever!!!



Here are the pictures of the place (Cosmopolis) where Florence’s exhibition will be held.  Now we have to think about which picture goes where…

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Ahhhhh… I’m so behind

I need to make a big announcement, but really wanted to show this picture. So here it is!

Florence shot this photo in December of 2009.  It was in Los Angeles.  She was fascinated by this gigantic piece of art, Walt Disney Concert Hall, by architect Frank Gehry and (of course) spent hours there.

By the way, I think I deserve some credit for this picture because I was the one who spotted this school bus and told Florence to take a picture like that.  I mean, yeah, I said to shoot it like that, but not like THAT!  Wow, what a picture!!!

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Please someone translate this for me…

If you want to see the article in a larger size, click on the image. You’ll be able to view the actual article in pdf.

After featuring Florence pictures in their first two issues, the ADT magazine published another one in their 3rd issue. She did the shooting with some members of the orchestra at the Toulouse museum. Clefs de Saint-Pierre celebrates their 10th anniversary with the Capitole National Orchestra of Toulouse. We wish them bigger & stronger coming years like this elephant.

Sorry, I have not been able to update this blog for a long time, but Florence has been really active in her work and got some very exciting news. I’ll catch up soon and let you know about all those excitements, but right now I need to make a quick announement.

Florence’s work on “unusual Japan” will be shown in Paris as a part of collective exhibition. There will be 3 other artists along with her showing Japan from very different perspectives using different approaches.
Here are details of the collective exhibition:

Title: Exposition Collective Autour du Japon – No 2 (Le Japon insolite)

Date: du 16 juin au 7 juillet

Place: Espace Japon 12 rue de Nancy, 75010 Paris

Opening: Vendredi 18 juin 2010 à partir de 18h

Website: http://www.espacejapon.com/expo/actuellement/429.html

So the opening is TODAY and both Florence & I will be there. Please come to say hi to us!

Happy New Year!

This year’s first photo is this one – Bubbles I.  There are some more Bubbles pictures, but I love this one the most.  This photo takes me to a fantasy world.  A dream — that’s what keeps us going.  That’s what keeps Florence moving forward, even at the most difficult times.  She has a dream.  I have a dream.

What is your dream?

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On behalf of Florence, who is currently on a plane, I would like to thank everyone who supported her photography work this year.  It was a very good year for her, and we hope the year of 2010 will be even better and more exciting

By the way, this picture is, needless to say, the Eiffel Tower in Paris.  Florence has again captured the perfect moment, hasn’t she?

We wish you very happy holidays!!!

Florence appeared in a couple of magazines.  The first one is ADT.  In their first issue, one of her pictures was used for an article.  This time, Florence was asked to take pictures based on a theme that the magazine chose.  There were several pictures that they really liked, but in the end they decided to publish this photo above in a two page spread.  It is different from the kind of pictures that Florence normally takes, but definitely shows her unique perspective.  This photo was taken in France.

There was an article that was supposed to go with all the pictures. They decided not to include the article because they wanted to leave the largest space for this one picture and make sure not to diminish its impact. See the result?   Though appreciated their thoughtfulness, Florence really liked the article. So here is the “phantom” article, in French , written by D. Crebassol:

Florence Berluteau

Talents à découvrir : dans chaque numéro, à l’invitation d’ADT, un photographe livre sa vision de l’air du temps.

La rue, la nature et le ciel, les chantiers et les zones industrielles, quel que soit le contexte, quel que soit l’environnement, au vol du regard Florence Berluteau saisit en voyageuse des images découpées avec précision dans le flux dense des sensations. Elle en détache des détails accessoires, des vues légèrement décalées, avec une pointe d’humour, un certain goût de l’insolite et une fausse naïveté joyeuse, que renforce sa passion immodérée et toujours grandissante pour la couleur, franche, pure et tonique (la photo qui illustrait le dossier « Créer en crise » dans notre premier numéro, c’était elle). Avec Berluteau, même les sujets les plus graves, la pollution, l’errance, dégagent leur petite chanson : « allons, le monde n’est pas si laid, le monde n’est pas si triste… »

Another magazine appearance was in a travel magazine, TENTATION.  They introduced Florence in a small column and again I have no idea what it says.  Well, no, I can actually guess some of the things that this column talks about – the Visa Off prize and her recent showing at Fnac.  I can also tell that they published the wrong website address!  Florence’s website URL is www.fberluteau.com. They will make a correction in the next issue.

Did you go to Florence’s “Jeux déau” exhibition in Perpignan or Espira de l’Agly?  If not, here is your chance.  Florence’s Visa Off 2009 winning photos will be exhibited at the fnac (Toulouse -Wilson) store!

Title:  Jeux d’eau

Date:  Du mardi 3 novembre au samedi 21 novembre 2009

Place:  Fnac Toulouse-Wilson (au forum) 16 all F Roosevelt 31000 Toulouse

Web:  Fnac Magasins

I’m late!  I’m late!!!

Two exhibitions, “Water Works” and “Colors of China”  are now open at the city hall in Espira de l’Agly.  It’s a village nearby Perpignan.  Please join Florence at the opening on October 23rd!

Exhibitions:  1) Jeux d’eau   2) le Yunnan “Couleurs de Chine”

Date:  du 16 au 31 octobre

Place:  Mairie Espira de l’Agly  27 Rue du Septembre, 66600 Espira de l’Agly

Opening:  Vendredi 23 octobre à partir de 18h30

The photo above entitled “Perfectionism” is in the “Colors of China” exhibition.   It was a window that Florence found in Yunnan prefecture.  What a meticulous work and striking colors!