Iifoto Zobugcisa U-Takeo Hirose wazalwa eKyoto, ngo-1962. Waqala ukufundisisa ubuzaza ngo-2011 xa iJapan yafumana intlekele enkulu yenyikima. Ngenxa yenyikima wayeqonda ukuba ezo ndawo zintle azinasiphelo kodwa zibuthathaka kakhulu, kwaye wakuqonda ukubaluleka kokuthatha imifanekiso yobuhle baseJapan. Umqondo wakhe wokuvelisa kukuchaza umhlaba wento yendabuko yaseJapan kunye nepeyinti yeinki ngokuqonda kweJapan yanamhlanje kunye netekhnoloji yeefoto. Kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo uvelise imisebenzi nge motif bamboo, enokuthi inxulunyaniswe neJapan.
Igama leprojekthi : Bamboo Forest, Igama labayili : Takeo Hirose, Igama lomthengi : Takeo Hirose.
Olu luyilo lukhulu luphumelele ibhaso lokuyilwa kobhedu kuyilo loyilo, ukwakha nolwakhiwo. Ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kufuneka ubone ipotifoliyo yoyilo eyenzelwe amabhaso okuzoba ukuze ufumane izinto ezininzi ezintsha, ezinobuchule, eziyilayo kunye nezoyilo, uyilo nolwakhiwo lwemisebenzi.