Europe Photo Month Tokyo — SEEEU 2025

When 

October 23 – November 23 | Tokyo

 https://www.seeeu.jp

Press release  

Delegation of the European Union to Japan:
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/japan/seeeu-%E2%80%93-european-photography-month-2025-launch-tokyo_en
 

The Eye of Photography overview:

https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/event/seeeu-2025-european-month-of-photography-tokyo/

 Artists from across Europe, cultural representatives, and honored guests gathered in a warm and inspiring atmosphere to celebrate the beginning of this month-long festival of European photography.

Ukraine House Japan was delighted to be invited to this event. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet the artists, curators, and all those who have worked passionately to make this project possible.
The initiative beautifully connects Europe and Japan through the lens of contemporary photography, creating a dialogue between cultures that are geographically distant yet deeply united by creativity and human stories.

Particularly inspiring is the strong presence of young artists, whose photographs bring a fresh and emotional perception of reality — one that deserves to be seen and shared. Their perspective opens space for empathy, reflection, and new connections across cultures.

Among them, Sasha Velichko, born in Belarus and now living in Poland as a political emigrant, received first place for her photo essay State of Denial. Her work can be viewed this week at Europe House, and it powerfully portrays the fragile balance between truth, resistance, and the search for freedom.

This year’s SEEEU festival presents photo essays and installations not only in galleries but also across various locations throughout Tokyo — from cafés and public spaces to unexpected urban environments — making art more approachable and part of daily life.

We highly recommend visiting the official website to explore more about this meaningful project and its exhibitions:

 https://www.seeeu.jp

Artists and Works Featured in SEEEU 2025

This year’s edition brings together a remarkable group of European photographers whose works reflect the diversity of perspectives and aesthetics across the continent:

• Varvara Uhlík (Ukraine) — Sunshine, How Are You?

• Igor Schiller (Serbia) — Familiar Characters

• Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs (Switzerland) — Water Column

• Maria Mavropoulou (Greece) — Imagined Images

• Laure Winants (Belgium) — Phenomena / Time Capsule

• Tamara Janes (Switzerland) — Copyright Swap

• Tadao Čern (Lithuania) — Comfort Zone

• Francisco Gonzalez Camacho (Spain) — Reverting

• Christina Werner (Austria) — Workshop Cut Paste! New Ways of Seeing Animals

• Anna Tihanyi (Hungary) — Unknown Garden

• Sasha Velichko (Belarus → Poland) — State of Denial

• Marta Bogdańska (Poland) — Shifters

• Elena Subach (Ukraine) — Grandmothers on the Edge of Heaven

• Zane Zlemeša (Latvia) — Imaginary Archives

Together, these works capture the complexity of our time — migration, identity, climate, resistance, memory, and the shared human experience that transcends national borders.