Miori Inada who visited a good woman's house in Iwano Frankifsk, Miori Inada / Miori Inada
At around 13:00 on February 24, Japan time, it was reported that a bombing occurred in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. At that time, an acquaintance living in Ukraine told me that a photographer, Miori Inada, said, "I heard a bomb." [Photo] The two -person exhibition of Miori Inada, which is being held in Kyiv in 2022, is urgent. On February 21, Russia approved the independence of the Lugansk People's Republic and the People's Republic of Donetsk. President Putin has declared to send a "peacekeeping army" to both countries. Foreign Minister Ukraine reports that Russia has embarked on Ukraine's entire invasion, and each country has begun to economic sanctions. As at the beginning, an explosion was confirmed in Kyiv, where the citizens live. After the explosion, the Russian Ministry of Defense has reported that "only high -precision weapons have been destroyed, and the general public is not threatened." Is the citizens living in Ukraine safe? And how did those living in Ukraine think of Russia so far? This year, the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence, a photographer, Miori Inada, who is holding a photo exhibition in Ukraine Kyiv, will convey the reality with the words of Ukraine and those who have met so far.
Currently, I am exhibiting works in Ukraine for the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations. It was scheduled to be held from December to February 2021, and Ukraine is 30 years independently from the Soviet Union. I couldn't go to the opening ceremony in Kyiv in the Corona whirlpool, but I was postponed until March, so I hoped that I could go during the exhibition. However, in the severe situation of Ukraine these days, that does not come true. So now I want to do what I can. The current situation is in detail in the daily report, but I visited Ukraine three times in the past, what I saw on the spot, what I got, and what I heard from Ukraine who was close there. I would like to be able to convey the feelings of people. Since I witnessed 9.11 terrorism in NY, I have been shocked by the reality of the religion that leads people peacefully, and since then, I have stored sacred places around the world in the camera. I visited Ukraine for the first time in 2006 after receiving a request from Ambassador Mutsuo Ukabuchi from Ukraine Mutsu Mabuchi, who came to my photo exhibition at the time. At that time, I took a picture of Ukrainian countries, and I came to touch the lives of Ukraine, religion, culture, and the human nature of people who coexist with nature. In 2008, from March 23 to June 1, sponsored by the Ukrainian Embassy in Japan, opened an exhibition called "Ukraine's Soul -Holy Land Earth" in these photos. Tokyo University of Agriculture and National Ukrainian Agricultural University were sister schools, and the theme was "rich land". After that, an exhibition was held in Kyoto, a sister city of Kyiv, and the Gallery of the Polish Embassy in Japan was held an exhibition called "Country Connected by Mountains".