Reading Time: < 1 minute Blending her own life with a Japanese legend, Koga examines love, death, betrayal and obsession
Tag: Japan
Reading Time: 4 minutes Travelling across the Japanese archipelago, Emery envisions a future where humanity exists in harmony with the natural world
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Japanese photographer’s latest work revisits formative themes, gently reminding us to appreciate the familiar
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Kyoto-based photo festival celebrates its eighth edition with the opening of a new permanent space, renewing its aim of strengthening connections throughout the local community
Reading Time: 4 minutes Reductively labelled a “girl photographer” in the 90s, Nagashima is now a leading voice in feminist photographic discourse. Here, the Japanese photographer discusses her new book of self-portraits, and why she took it upon herself to rewrite history
Reading Time: 3 minutes Beyond the cherry blossoms, festivals, and buzzing nightlife, Dan Bailey’s photographs of Tokyo offer a deeper discussion about Japan’s history and its sense of national and individual identity
Reading Time: 2 minutes In January 2019, Suda agreed to work on a new photobook, but his death two months later halted plans. Still, the publisher kept its promise, and now, a selection of unseen images are presented in his first posthumous publication
Reading Time: 3 minutes “I want readers to feel like they are travelling to a strange world,” says Kisei Kobayashi, whose latest photobook exposes the curious rituals of Japanese festivals
Reading Time: 6 minutes A newly edited and expanded edition of Jōji Hashiguchi’s seminal photobook is published this month. Here, the photographer reflects on his past, and the time he spent documenting the plight of youth in the 1980s
Reading Time: 5 minutes On 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Japan unleashed…