Meet Mr. Kaga. A 52-year old homeless man living in Kamagasaki area in south central Osaka City, or Kama for short as locals call it.
Complex Staging & Filling the Frame with Akira Kurosawa
Complex layering of subjects and the notion of filling the frame of a wide lens are techniques obsessed over by many who practice street photography.
Kosuke Okahara: A Photographer Comes Full Circle
‘Ibasyo’ is roughly defined as the physical and emotional place where a person can exist, a location or a state of mind, where a person feels comfortable or at peace.
Blizzard Day/Calm Sea, by Takahiro Yamashita
When I think about my hometown there are two important people that can not be overlooked. Kinjiro Kida painted the beauty of nature as well as its harshness and the real lives of the villagers.
Shi Ki, by Masaru Goto
The characters that are pronounced “Shi Ki” can have two meanings. One is “four seasons”. Over four seasons I watched my mother fade away. Another meaning is “time of death”.
Tokyo Falconers: The Private Lives of Raptors and Men, by Kazuhiro Yokozeki
I have been photographing people living with falcons and other exotic birds of prey like owls as pets in Tokyo for almost 2 years.
Kodokushi: Apartments of Lonely Deaths in Tokyo, by Soichiro Koriyama
Kodokushi (“Lonely Death”, in Japanese) generally refers to the death of single people living alone in their homes from sudden diseases and from their inability to ask for help.
Dear Japanese | Children of the War, by Miyuki Okuyama
“Dear Japanese” documents the offspring of Japanese soldiers and Indo women, born during Pacific War, now living in the Netherlands.
Interview with Shinya Arimoto, Totem Pole Photo Gallery
Born in 1971, Shinya Arimoto has been photographing and exhibiting work since 1994, and was awarded the 35th Taiyo Award in 1997. We speak with Arimoto about his work and experience.
Junku’s JAPAN, A Portrait from a Larrikin Ex-Salaryman
I’ve always believed the notion that every photograph is a portrait of the photographer. Here is a selection of Junku’s photographs of Japan – a portrait from a larrikin ex-salaryman.
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts(K*MoPA) Young Portfolio Program
Get selected by Daido MORIYAMA, Masato SETO, & Eikoh HOSOE for Acquisition by the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts(K*MoPA).
Fukushima Samurai – The Story Of Identity, by Noriko Takasugi
These photos are part of my long-term project investigating the evacuees not as victims, but as part of a 1000 years old folk culture of the area.
Loud Minority, by Hiroshi Yamauchi
In the aftermath of The Great Earthquake of East Japan on March 11th, 2011, the entire nation was facing the cold and hard reality of vulnerability against massive earthquakes.
Vanishing Existence, by Kosuke Okahara
Though leprosy is an old disease that is 100% curable and that merely affects people nowadays, there are over 600 leprosy villages in southern provinces of China.
Hisashi Murayama, The Weight Of Time
Announcing our 15th Photo Essay Asia Finalist in the Invisible Photographer Asia Awards 2013: HISASHI MURAYAMA, The Weight Of Time.