Japan Photo Project

Verbatim has become the proud sponsor of the Japan Photo Project, a unique in-depth project by two photographers who will travel around Japan for 1 year, exploring and photographing Japanese society. Verbatim will be providing the project with DVD's, Hard Drives and Memory cards for the two photographers, Toru Morimoto and Tina Bagué to store all their photo, videos and audio files safely on over the whole year.

The photographers, who come from Japan and Spain, will travel all over Japan in a motor home to illuminate the unique spirit and culture of Japan from two different perspectives: the point of view of a Japanese native and the point of view of a Westerner in two different styles of photography. 

Š Tina Bagué                                                                                           Š Toru Morimoto

Toru Morimoto is a Japanese native, from Kobe, Japan who left Japan to live abroad in 1996. He works with black and white film, while Tina Bagué, a specialist in travel photography from Barcelona, Spain works in digital with colour.

Their primary goal is to publish a high quality hardback photography book containing powerful images that illuminate the depth and beauty of Japan's people and society. There will also be an interactive website where you can keep up to date with the photographer's progress, following their blogs, photos and video clips throughout their journey.

The website is: www.japanphotoproject.com and the project is due to start on 1st January and end on 31st December 2010.

Tina Bagué                                                     Toru Morimoto