The challenge of running an art gallery in Kyoto

<p>Meet Amanda, an photography gallery manager and consultant living in Tokyo. She sits down to talk to us about her work exhibiting Asian/Japanese photography, her work in book design, and why physical books still matter. </p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>0:00 Intro</p><p>0:50 Meet Amanda</p><p>5:18 Post-colonial grandfather</p><p>8:23 Studying at Waseda</p><p>20:26 Start in gallery work</p><p>28:54 Galleries in Japan</p><p>32:55 Exhibiting Chinese photography</p><p>37:46 Japanese audience interest</p><p>40:16 Photo galleries as a business</p><p>42:12 Amanda&#39;s favorite projects</p><p>49:38 Focus on designing photography books</p><p>1:05:52 Why books still matter</p><p>1:19:59 How to get into Japanese photography</p><p>1:29:27 Current projects</p><p>1:42:03 Working as an exhibition producer</p><p>1:48:05 How to fit into a community</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>Follow Amanda:</p><p>https://www.intermediart.co/</p><p>https://www.nitesha.com/</p><p>https://lolingning.tumblr.com/illustration</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us:</p><p>https://unpacking.jp/</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshorts</p><p>https://www.x.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapan</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! </p><p><br></p><p>Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/</p>