Reading Time: 3 minutes 1854’s FastTrack programme promotes unsigned talent in the commercial sphere. Here, three winners discuss their practices, reflecting on autonomy, intimacy, and playfulness
Tag: Japan
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dotter’s project focuses on the details within the everyday rituals of the ama: female free divers preserving the ancient art of sea foraging
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ishino’s second monograph combines found and archival images to recreate memories from his upbringing in Japan
Reading Time: 3 minutes After falling out of love with photography, Okahara found himself haunted by memories of Koza, an old center of Okinawa city, on the southern islands of Japan
Reading Time: < 1 minute Blending her own life with a Japanese legend, Koga examines love, death, betrayal and obsession
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