Mumi Trabucco and Kanji Embutsu share a passion for photography. Which is why -- if not how -- they have come to be working together on the two-day exhibition "Modern Masters of Photography -- Japan" to be staged at Prudential Tower in Tokyo's Akasaka-Mitsuke on May 28 and 29.
The name behind MMoP is Tim Porter, the Canadian photographer (currently Tokyo bureau chief for Camera Press) who has taught so many living in and passing through the capital how to take pictures. It was his idea in collaboration with the Swaminathan Foundation in Tokyo to put together for sale to museums, galleries and private collectors a limited-edition portfolio of 12 archival digital prints by famed contemporary Japanese photographers in a specially designed box.
All proceeds are destined for the foundation, which in Tokyo is under the leadership of architect Dr. Geeta Mehta and former Indian Ambassador Aftab Seth. Seeking to bridge the income and digital divide between the affluent and poor in South Asia, it helps establish microcredit banks, sends used computers for IT training and information centers, and supports day-care centers and schools.