Plane De-Icing, Hokkaido


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At Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, Japan, an area of heavy snow in the winter, our plane awaited take-off clearance in a winter storm. They de-iced our plane, spraying it with solution. Beyond my window, lonely figures braved the cold to offer traditional farewell greetings as they do in Japan before we took off just a few minutes later into the storm.

  • Biography
    George Nobechi Born 1980 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese/Canadian. Graduated from the University of British Columbia (Honors) in History with International Relations. Carves a 14-year career in the business world in Tokyo and New York City before studying photography at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops in 2015, under world-renowned photographers such as Kate Breakey, Sam Abell, Arno Rafael Minkkinen. Journeys in the pursuit of photography and creates "Unmoored" over three years on the road. Nobechi has exhibited work in Japan, the US, Italy and Australia, and currently resides in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Awards
    "Unmoored" - First Major Solo Exhibition, Jackson Dinsdale Art Center, Hastings College Department of Visual Art, Hastings, NE, August 11-Sept 20, 2018 Review Santa Fe Top 100 Photographers' Listing 2018 Texas Photographic Society 31st Annual Members' Only Show, Artworks Gallery, Austin, TX, Group Exhibition, September 7-October 13, 2018 "A Contemporary Reference of the Human Condition" Edition ONE Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Curated Special Exhibition from PhotoSummer 2018 and Photolucida's Critical Mass Top 50 2017, July 20-August 18, 2018 Australian Museum for Contemporary Photography Feature on Museum Facebook Page Texas Photographic Society: TPS 27. Various Venues in Texas, 27th Annual International Juried Show, May 2018-April 2019 "Takayama: Heart of a City" Hida Takayama Town Museum, Takayama, Japan, Group Exhibition produced by Nobechi Creative, April 28-May 20, 2018 RAIEC Tokyo 2018 (Mt. Rokko International Photo Festival), Tokyo, Japan, Group Exhibition, April 4-15, 2018 "Moments of Serenity" Walls of the World Gallery, Penne, Italy, Solo Exhibition, Mar-May 2018 #UnknownJapan Exhibition, Instagram Japan, Tokyo International Forum Group Exhibition, Mar 23-25, 2018 "The Decisive Moment" PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT- Juried Group Show, Jan 31-Mar 3, 2018 Review in aPhotoEditor Magazine by Jonathan Blaustein, January 2018 Critical Mass 2017 Top 50 Winner The Center for Photographic Art 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Carmel CA International Juried Exhibition, Nov 4-Dec 23, 2017 PDNedu Magazine Fall 2017: "Women at Horseshoe Bend", Fall 2017 Fraction Magazine, Issue 102: Featured Portfolio, September 2017 Critical Mass 2017 Finalist PDN Magazine August 2017 issue: The Curator Winners, August 2017 The Curator by PDN Magazine, Best in Landscapes The Milk Gallery, New York City: Group Show, August 10, 2017 PX3, Paris Photo Prize, Silver Prize "Monograph" Category, June 2017 PX3, Paris Photo Prize, Silver Prize "Fine Art" Category, June 2017

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