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Member Of @wegalleryphotos | @jun.uncooks
Hello everyone! After some time spent sorting files, verifying names, and editing, MAT5 (a photo-collective based in Saigon) and I are proud to present a nearly 10-minute photo-exchange video featuring 21 photographers from Saigon,
Vietnam alongside the Japanese visitors who came to our exhibition. No pressure to watch it all — but we hope you'll take a peek, get into the groove, and maybe even stay for the whole thing
The 5-day exhibition at Kakunotei in Shin-Nagata, Japan resulted in 254 trades from 435 displayed images. Built around a free print-for-print exchange, the event drew visitors who were genuinely engaged - many carefully deliberating their choices, going back and forth before committing to a trade. As you'll see in the video, some exchanges produced beautifully matched pairs, as if in quiet dialogue.
This exhibition builds on a version first held in Tokyo in 2021 at Mizuma Art Gallery, where all the photographs were mine and visitors were invited to trade freely. It was a challenging and revealing experience - one entire wall of the gallery gradually transformed as visitors exchanged their images for mine, making each day's visit to the exhibition slightly unique.
This time, in Kobe's Shin-Nagata, locals and visitors from surrounding cities made exchanges over five days. All photographs from Vietnam were curated beforehand, while visitors freely selected whichever images they wanted in exchange for their own.
At its heart, this project is rooted in a belief in migration, cultural exchange, and the awareness that comes from experiencing one another's lives. We live under the same sun, breathe the same air, and share the same finite planet. The more we look, the more we find ourselves in each other.
Migration. Flow of humanity. Values in civilization. We hope you'll join us in the next edition - and exchange your life photos with ours.
Thanks to all the photographers. And to our organizer, Dance Box, for believing in this concept and helping bring it to life.
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Vintage Car, Runaway Van, Moving, That's right, Funky City
Hello everyone! After some time spent sorting files, verifying names, and editing, MAT5 (a photo-collective based in Saigon) and I are proud to present a nearly 10-minute photo-exchange video featuring 21 photographers from Saigon, Vietnam alongside the Japanese visitors who came to our exhibition. No pressure to watch it all — but we hope you’ll take a peek, get into the groove, and maybe even stay for the whole thing 🙂
The 5-day exhibition at Kakunotei in Shin-Nagata, Japan resulted in 254 trades from 435 displayed images. Built around a free print-for-print exchange, the event drew visitors who were genuinely engaged — many carefully deliberating their choices, going back and forth before committing to a trade. As you’ll see in the video, some exchanges produced beautifully matched pairs, as if in quiet dialogue.
This exhibition builds on a version first held in Tokyo in 2021 at Mizuma Art Gallery, where all the photographs were mine and visitors were invited to trade freely. It was a challenging and revealing experience — one entire wall of the gallery gradually transformed as visitors exchanged their images for mine, making each day’s visit to the exhibition slightly unique.
This time, in Kobe’s Shin-Nagata, locals and visitors from surrounding cities made exchanges over five days. All photographs from Vietnam were curated beforehand, while visitors freely selected whichever images they wanted in exchange for their own.
At its heart, this project is rooted in a belief in migration, cultural exchange, and the awareness that comes from experiencing one another’s lives. We live under the same sun, breathe the same air, and share the same finite planet. The more we look, the more we find ourselves in each other.
Migration. Flow of humanity. Values in civilization. We hope you’ll join us in the next edition — and exchange your life photos with ours.
Thanks to all the photographers. And to our organizer, Dance Box, for believing in this concept and helping bring it to life.
Music from #InAudio: /
Vintage Car, Runaway Van, Moving, That’s right, Funky City
#vietnamstreetphotography #vietnamstreets #photoexchange #mat5saigon
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Member Of @wegalleryphotos | @jun.uncooks
While in NY, a friend I made on Instagram showed me around to his favorite places. We spent an entire afternoon
to night moving around. Here's one from our treasure hunt.
Date March 12, 2026
selected by @diselpower_gallery | @fieldeye.notes
Happy International Women’s Day!
29 years ago on this day I opened my first “International” exhibition in Hanoi at 29 Hàng Bai Street. It was a start of my life in Vietnam and my career as an artist. I will always remember the early days and the people who were there for me. Thank you Vietnam for making the dream begin🤗
#artistslife #conteporaryart #photography #lifeinvietnam
‘Ở nơi bồ câu và quạ sống chung’ - 8PM GMT+7 05/03/2026
Sau khi viết bài hát này, thế giới trong tôi giảm bớt những thái cực cực đoan, rút lui khỏi việc phải căng ra để phân loại và chọn phe: bên thiện bên ác, bên tốt bên xấu, bên trắng bên đen, bên thích bên ghét…
Bởi vì sự tồn tại đồng thời đó luôn là bản chất của thế giới. Còn góc nhìn của chúng ta sau cùng chỉ là công việc gắn mác. Cảnh tượng trút bỏ được chúng có khi là một tia hy vọng và cởi mở vô cùng: “Bên ngoài kia” lập tức hiền hoà - mỗi cá nhân có cơ hội sống, chung sống, với những gì mình có.
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Official Photo Concept taken by one true artist @jun.uncooks who taught me so much about how to see art and life 🤍
Thank you for letting our collaboration/ this album happened!
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Image and write by @jun.uncooks and @mat5.saigon
Member Of @wegalleryphotos
Humanity cannot exist without migration. Finally, a slice of my photographic journey from the year 2025. Many files remain unvisited, but these images bring me back to the places and people captured within them. Thank you to everyone I met along the way and shared the walks with me. ! look forward to discovering more in 2026.
Humanity cannot exist without migration. Finally, a slice of my photographic journey from the year 2025. Many files remain unvisited, but these images bring me back to the places and people captured within them. Thank you to everyone I met along the way and shared the walks with me. I look forward to discovering more in 2026.
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#bnw_street #streetphoto_bw #streetphotography_bw #streetgrammers #spi_collective #streetphotography #erodestreet #street_macadam #streets_storytelling #hcsc_street #vietnamstreetphotography #pictorialist #voidtokyo #bnwzone #vietnamphotography #vietnamstreets #bnwphoto #photocollector #wegalleryphotos #junnguyenhatsushiba #mat5saigon
Once again, thank you to all the participants. We enjoyed observing the process of discovering your choice of photographs for exchange. And thank you to the organizers at @dancebox_kobe and @phan_yokobori_fumi , Oguni-san, @kadonof@trang.photostory and the volunteer staffs!!! We will meet again!
And of course the members @mat5.saigon and the friends.
#kobejapan #shinnagata #mat5saigon #photoexhibition #vietnamstreetphotography #photoexchange #tatamiroom
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Nagata-Saigon Photo Exchange Exhibition! Your presence and trades made it truly meaningful project. We saw many of you spending long time choosing and more time looking for which of your photographs to exchange with. We hope our photos from Vietnam are some where in your homes to be glanced, pondered, and even inspire your days. Thank you very much!
#kobejapan #shinnagata #photoexhibition #vietnamstreetphotography #photoexchange #mat5saigon
The exhibition is now open! Our very first photo exchange received was the iconic sculpture of Shin-Nagata, Tetsujin No.28! A very meaningful exchange to start off the exhibition. Thank you!
#mat5saigon #vietnamstreetphotography #shinnagata #kobejapan #photoexhibition #photoexchange
Migration. Flow of humanity. Hope you can join us and exchange your life photos with ours.
November 21-25, 2025
11AM-5PM
Kakunotei, Shin-Nagata, Kobe, Japan
On Saturday 22nd open until 7PM.
#photoexhibition #shinnagata #kobejapan #vietnamstreetphotography #photography #mat5saigon #photoexchange
This time the photo exchange will happen in Shin-Nagata, Kobe, Japan. Over 300 photos shot in Vietnam by me and the new collective, MAT5 will be displayed. All photos can be exchanged with audience’s photographs from Japan (limit to 3 exchanges per day per visitor). It means your photographs can be traded for our photographs during your visit if you wish. We have a printer and paper ready for your printing.
#shinnagata #kobejapan #photoexhibition #vietnamstreetphotography #mat5saigon
