Japan's Twelve Modern Masters of Photography
It is always heart warming to see a gathering of talents, especially when it is for a good cause. The 'Friends of M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation in Tokyo' has initiated a portfolio project in which all proceeds will be used to aid "Mission 2007. Every Village a Knowledge Center" or the establishing of a village knowledge centre in each of the 600,000 villages in India. The "Modern Masters of Photography - Japan" portfolio is a carefully produced 100 limited, individually signed, numbered and boxed set and priced at US$2,500. The exact specifications are available here. The twelve featured photographers include:

1. Masahisa Fuksae
2. Eiko Hosoe
3. Yasuhiro Ishimoto
4. Kikuji Kawada
5. Daido Moriyama
6. Shigeichi Nagano
7. Tadayuki Naito
8. Tokihiro Sato
9. Toshio Shibata
10. Issei Suda
11. Yoshihiko Ueda
12. Hiroshi Yamazaki

Detailed information about the photographers taking part in the project is available at http://www.masterphotographers.org.