Takashi Amano
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| Born | 18 July 1954 |
| Nationality | Japan |
| Field | photographer, Aquarist |
| Influenced | Freshwater aquarium |
| Awards | Fuji Film Nature Photo Contest, Grand Prix, 1992 |
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Takashi Amano (天野尚 Amano Takashi) is a photographer, designer and Aquarist. His interest in aquaria led him to create the Japanese company Aqua Design Amano.
Takashi Amano is one of the most influential people in the freshwater aquascaping community. He can largely be credited with introducing Japanese gardening concepts such as Wabi-sabi and Zen rock arrangement to the aquascaping hobby. His tank compositions involve intricate, and typically asymmetrical (though balanced) arrangements of aquatic plants often augmented by river rocks and driftwood. His aquascapes are notable in that they often mimic nature in their appearance, and can be regarded as a form of art.
Amano is the author of Nature Aquarium World (TFH Publications, 1994), a three-book series on aquascaping and freshwater aquarium plants and fish. He has also published the book "Aquarium Plant Paradise"(T.F.H. Publications, 1997).
Amano can also be credited with popularizing the use of Glossostigma elatinoides and Riccia fluitans in aquascaping and the use of shrimp as a means of controlling the growth of algae.
A species of freshwater shrimp is named the “Amano shrimp” or "Yamato shrimp" (Caridina multidentata; previously Caridina japonica) after him. After discovering this species' ability to eat large quantities of algae, Amano asked a local distributor to special order several thousand of them.[1] They have since become a staple in the freshwater planted aquarium hobby.
He has also developed a line of aquarium components that are known as ADA, and his “Nature Aquarium” article series appears monthly in Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine in the U.S.
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[edit] Aquarist
Takashi Amano has established his own style of plant layout, "Nature Aquarium": plants, fishes and microorganisms cohabit and create an ecological system in an aquarium tank; plants absorb CO2, photosynthesize and produce oxygen, and this rich oxygen creates the best environment for fish and microorganism. He founded Aqua Design Amano Co., Ltd. in 1982, which received attention for its development of aquatic plant growing equipments, "Nature Aquarium Goods". His photo book of Nature Aquarium "Glass no Naka no Daishizen" published in 1992 followed by "Mizu-Shizen eno kaiki," were translated into 7 languages and created a great sensation among planted aquarium hobbyists around the world.
[edit] Biography of Photographer
Since 1975, Takashi Amano has visited tropical rainforests in Amazon, Borneo and West Africa and pristine forests in Japan, and he has been working on series of photos focusing on "untouched nature" with his large-format cameras. He captures minute details of nature found at site on extra large size films (up to 8x20 inches). His works have been introduced internationally through the several exhibitions and publications. Amano is now taking on a challenge to record the existing precious nature of Japan on large-format films and pass down to posterity. In recent years, Amano has given numbers of lectures on his photography expeditions and his experiences in nature around the world, and he has advocated the importance of tree-planting programs to protect the earth’s environment. He is a member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society, the Japan Advertising Photographers' Association, the International Environment Photographers Association, and the Society of Scientific Photography.
[edit] G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit
Two landscape photos of Takashi Amano were displayed at 34th G8 summit Working Lunch / Outreach Working Session of Hokkaido Toyako Summit held from July 7 till 9th 2008. The photos of pristine cedar tree forest in Sado Island taken by 8x20 inches large format camera were exhibited on the 4.0x1.5m panel.
[edit] Bibliography
| YEAR | TITLE | PUBLISHER | COUNTRY | ISBN |
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| 1992 | Glass no Naka no Daishizen | Marine Planning | Japan | |
| 1994 | Mizu-Shizen eno Kaiki | Marine Planning | Japan | |
| Nature Aquarium World | T.F.H. Publications | U.S.A. | ||
| Pflanzenparadies unter Wasser | Natur Buch Verlag | Germany | ||
| 1996 | Nature Aquarium World Book 2 | T.F.H. Publications | U.S.A. | |
| Nature Aquarium World Book 3 | T.F.H. Publications | U.S.A. | ||
| De wonderlijke wereld onder water | Natur Design Verlag | Netherlands | ||
| Faszinierendes Aquarium | Natur Buch Verlag | Germany | ||
| Le Nouveau Monde des Plantes Aquatiques | Natur Design Verlag | France | ||
| 1997 | Aquarium Plant Paradises | T.F.H. Publications | U.S.A. | 978-0793805181 |
| Amanos Naturaquarien | Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori | Italy | ||
| 1998 | Ihr Hobby-Naturaquarien | Natur Buch Verlag | Germany | |
| Diskus im Naturaquarium | Natur Buch Verlag | Germany | ||
| Das Große Buch der Naturaquarien | Natur Buch Verlag | Germany | ||
| Les aquariums naturels d'Amano | JEH Productions | France | ||
| 2004 | The Rio Negro | Marine Planning | Japan | |
| 2007 | SADO - To Pristine Forest From Bottom of Sea | ADA | Japan | |
| 2009 | SADO - To Pristine Forest From Bottom of Sea "Revised and Enlarged Edition" |
ADA | Japan | |
| 2011 | Nature Aquarium: Complete Works 1985-2009 | TFH Publications | U.S.A | 978-0793806492 |
[edit] Exhibitions
| YEAR | EXHIBITION TITLE | PLACE | COUNTRY |
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| 1998 | Urin-Ujou | Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo | Japan |
| 2004 | Dare mo Shiranai Amazon | Niitsu Art Forum, Niigata | Japan |
| The Rio Negro | Nizayama Forest Art Museum, Toyama | Japan | |
| 2006 | The Rio Negro | Nature Info Plaza—Marunouchi Saezurikan, Tokyo | Japan |
| Sozo no Genten Amazon | Toki Messe, Niigata | Japan | |
| Kusatsu-Amazon | Niigata Daiwa, Niigata | Japan | |
| 2007 | Sado-From bottom of the Sea to the Pristine Forest | Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography | Japan |
| Daremo Shiranai Sado | Niigata Prefectural Civic Center | Japan | |
| 2008 | Daremo Shiranai Sado | Amusement Sado, Niigata | Japan |
| 2009 | SADO - a Natural Treasure of Japan | Qatar Photography Society, Doha | Qatar |
| 2009 | Takashi Amano in India for Aquatika 2009 | NIMHANS Convention Hall, Bangalore | India |
[edit] References
- ^ Amano, Takashi (March 1994). Nature Aquarium World: Book 1. Neptune, NJ: TFH Publications. ISBN 0-7938-0089-7.
[edit] External links
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