I am based in Tokyo again.
2022.12.16
After spending 4 years in Kyoto after coming back from Paris, I am based in Tokyo as of Today.
Portrait : Yoko Kondo and Naoto Kondo /nLDK Architects
2022.12.13
Portrait shoot for nLDK architects, Yoko Kondo and Naoto Kondo, up and coming architect duo based in Nara, Japan.
Magazine : Newsweek Japan
2022.12.06
An assignment for Newsweek Japan on the survivors of Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia after World War II.
Art fair : Paris Photo 2022
2022.10.26
Polka Galerie will exhibit some of my prints from the series “blue affair“ and the prints from Okinawa that I have never shown at GRAND PALAIS EPHEMERE during Paris Photo 2022, International fair of photography.
Please come visit if you are in town.
Period: November 10 - 13, 2022
Venue: Grand Palais Ephémère Champ-de-Mars
Stand: Polka Galerie
Address: Place Joffre, 75007, Paris, France
Web: https://www.parisphoto.com/
Exhibition : blue affair is on display at World Press Photo exhibitions
2022.05.21
My experimental/documentary work “blue affair“ is on display as a part of World Press Photo exhibitions. The exhibition will be touring more than 45 countries around the world. Please visit one of the show near your home.
For the exhibition schedule, preset visit World Press Photo website.
Interview : World Press Photo Show & Tell
2022.05.05
A short interview on my World Press Photo winning work at Die Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, a flagship exhibition venue.
Screening : blue affair screening at Kyotographie
2022.04.20
There will be a special screening event of blue affair at 15:00 on April 23rd, 2022 at QUESTION in Kyoto.
Please join if you are in town.
here is the link to the event.
Award : blue affair won World Press Photo 2022
2022.03.24
My experimental video piece "blue affair" became a regional (Asia) winner of World Press Photo 2022 in its new category “Open Format“.
This is the original version of my photo book "blue affair".
here is the link to World Press Photo website.
blue affair will be screened at Tokushima New Normal Film Festival
2022.02.20
My experimental video piece "blue affair" will be screened at Tokushima New Normal Film Festival.
This is the original version of my photo book "blue affair".
The festival will take place in Tokushima, Japan between Mar 5th - 6th, 2022
here is the link to the festival website.
Exhibition, “PHOTOBOOKS – art page by page“ at Grass Museum in Leipzig
2022.01.09
A complete set of art books “Vanishing existence“ (Oban edition, Scroll edition, and trade edition) will be exhibited at Leipzig’s Grassi Museum starting from November 25th, 2021 to April 3rd, 2022.
This is the first time I am showing Oban (big size - 100x70cm) edition in public.
Please come visit if you are in town.
here is the link to the museum website.
* Due to the spread of Covid-19, the museum was closed but it opened on January 17th, 2022.