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Takashi Amano (天野尚, Amano Takashi, 18 July 1954 – 4 August 2015) was a professional Japanese track cyclist, photographer, designer, and aquarist.[1] He founded Aqua Design Amano (ADA), a Japanese company that specializes in the design of aquariums and their production.[2]
A species of freshwater shrimp, the "Amano shrimp" or "Yamato shrimp" (Caridina multidentata; previously Caridina japonica), was named after him.[5] Amano discovered the species' ability to eat large quantities of algae. Amano ordered several thousand of them from a local distributor.[6] They have since become widely used in freshwater planted aquariums.
He founded Aqua Design Amano Co., Ltd. in 1982, which provided aquatic plant-growing equipment.[9] His photo books of what he called the "Nature Aquarium", Glass no Naka no Daishizen, published in 1992, followed by Mizu-Shizen eno kaiki, were translated into seven languages.
Amano shrimp
Amano shrimp (Caridina multidentata)
The Amano shrimp (Caridina multidentata) was introduced to the aquatic hobby by Takashi Amano as a method of controlling algae growth in the 1980s. The species was subsequently named after him.[10]
"Forests Underwater" at Lisbon Oceanarium
"Forests Underwater" by Takashi Amano is a tropical freshwater aquarium at the Lisbon Oceanarium that features a diverse underwater landscape. The aquarium is 40 metres (130 ft) in length and holds 160,000 litres (35,000 imp gal; 42,000 US gal) of water, and houses more than 10,000 individual fish of 40 different species. The exhibit opened on April 21, 2015, [11][12] although it was initially intended to be a temporary exhibition lasting two years, "Forests Underwater" remains open.
Photography career
Starting in 1975, Takashi Amano travelled across tropical rainforests in the Amazon, Borneo, and West Africa. He also visited forests in Japan, creating a series of photos focusing on "untouched nature" using large-format cameras.[13] He used extra-large-films with sizes (up to 8 × 20 inches). His works have been featured internationally at several exhibitions and publications.[14][6]
Two of Takashi Amano's landscape photos, featuring a cedar forest on Sado Island, were displayed at the 34th G8 Summit Working Lunch/Outreach Working Session.[6][16] The photos, taken with an 8 × 20-inch large format camera, were exhibited on 4 × 1.5 meter panels.[16]
Sado-From bottom of the Sea to the Pristine Forest
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
Japan
Daremo Shiranai Sado
Niigata Prefectural Civic Center
Japan
2008
Daremo Shiranai Sado
Amusement Sado, Niigata
Japan
2009
Sado – a Natural Treasure of Japan
Qatar Photography Society, Doha
Qatar
2009
Takashi Amano in India for Aquatika 2009
Nimhans Convention Hall, Bangalore
India
2015
Forests Underwater
Oceanário de Lisboa, Lisbon
Portugal
References
^Dvorak, Phred (December 6, 2012). "The Sage of Aquariums". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on November 21, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
^Axelrod, Herbert R., Warren E. Burgess, Neal Pronek, Glen S. Axelrod and David E. Boruchowitz (1998), Aquarium Fishes of the World, Neptune City, N.J.: TFH Publications, p. 718, ISBN0-7938-0493-0.
