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TAKAKI HASHIMOTO
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Ottawa,Canada-Feb.11, 2009 The Ottawa Diplomatic Association(ODA) reception at the Embassy of Japan. The gift was offered as a gesture of appreciation to the ODA for their ongoing support, and to celebrate the launching of the 2009 Press Attaché Luncheon Series and cultural events in cooperation with the Press Club. The artwork was provided by Takaki Hashimoto and sponsored by SpreadArt.
Shangri-La Collective
Takaki's view:
The lotus flower symbolizes "spiritual awakening" by the Buddhists. It is the world outside the window.
The lotus flower puts the root in the mud pool, and makes the flower bloom. The flower (artwork) grows from the artist's mud pool (a larger Idea) respectively. The lotus flower doesn't bloom if the mud pool doesn't exist even if the mud pool is very deep, and despair has been filled. The lotus flower is a fragment of the mud pool and a "Small Ray of Hope". (New York Art Show 2008)
National Press Club (NPC) Director Rosaleen Dickson presented an artwork by Tokyo artist Takaki Hashimoto, to His Excellence Tsuneo Nishida, Ambassador of Japan and President of the Ottawa Diplomatic Association (ODA).
Congratulations Takaki for being recognized for your excellence in Fashion Photography by the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards. ~ rbf