Hajime KIMURA
木村肇
Hajime Kimura is a Japanese photographer born in 1982. He was raised in the Chiba prefecture just outside Tokyo. Having studied architecture and anthropology at university, he began his career in 2006. In 2019, a photo book “Snowflakes Dog Man” was published from CEIBA edition, “Mišo Bukumirović” from Reminders Photography Stronghold as a hand-made edition in 2020 and "Correspondence" was co-published from the (M) éditions and Ibasho gallery in 2022. In recent, he has been working on some projects with the theme of "certainty of memory" in Serbia and Japan.
Publications
2022 - "Correspondence", the (M) éditions and Ibasho gallery, Paris and Antwerp.
2021 - "scrapbook handmade edition", Self-making
2020 - “Mišo Bukumirović”, Self-making, Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo
2019 - “Snowflakes Dog Man”, Ceiba Edition, Siena, Italy.
2016 - "Path In Between", L'Artiere Edizioni, Paris, France
2015 - “Snowflakes dog man”, Self-making, Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo
2015 - "In search of lost memories", Self-making, Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo
2015 - "scrapbook", Verlag Kettler, Dortmund, Germany
2014 - "TOKYO ETUDE", Self-making
2012 - “KODAMA”, Mado-sha, Tokyo, Japan
2021 - "scrapbook handmade edition", Self-making
2020 - “Mišo Bukumirović”, Self-making, Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo
2019 - “Snowflakes Dog Man”, Ceiba Edition, Siena, Italy.
2016 - "Path In Between", L'Artiere Edizioni, Paris, France
2015 - “Snowflakes dog man”, Self-making, Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo
2015 - "In search of lost memories", Self-making, Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo
2015 - "scrapbook", Verlag Kettler, Dortmund, Germany
2014 - "TOKYO ETUDE", Self-making
2012 - “KODAMA”, Mado-sha, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 - "Snowflakes Dog Man", Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - "North bound", KIO Kompetenzzentrum Integration Thun-Oberland, Thun, Switzerland
2015 - "In search of lost memories", Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - “KODAMA”, Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - “Yamadachi”, Konica Minolta Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - "North bound", KIO Kompetenzzentrum Integration Thun-Oberland, Thun, Switzerland
2015 - "In search of lost memories", Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - “KODAMA”, Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - “Yamadachi”, Konica Minolta Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 - "Reimagining War", Toyokawa Inochi-Ai-Yume Center, Osaka, Japan
2020 - "Reimagining War", OGU MAG, Tokyo, Japan
2018 - "Tsuka 塚”, The Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
2017 - "FLÂNEUR - NEW URBAN NARRATIVES", Torres Vedras, Portugal.
2017 - "Golden Record", Fotogalleriet, Oslo Norway
2016 - "Man and dog", Tobilishi Photo Festival, Georgia
2016 - "In search of lost memories", Photobook Bristol, UK
2015 - "Scrapbook", Lugano photo days, Lugano, Switzerland
2015 - “The Russian moment”, Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Museum and Exhibition Center, Moscow, Russia
2014 - "Man and dog" and "Path in between", Galerie-T, Paris, France
2014 - "Man and dog" and "Path in between", OBSCURA Festival, Penang, Malaysia
2014 - “Devotion”, White Box MAP Publika, Kuala lumpur, Malaysia
2014 - “KODAMA”, Kiyosato photo art museum, Yamanashi, Japan
2014 - “Nature in Tokyo”, Kyotographie 2014, Kodokan, Kyoto, Japan
2014 - “Arte Laguna Prize13.14”, Venice Arsenale, Italy
2014 - “Tracks", Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2013 - “Unfolding Images”, The Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, USA
2013 - “The backpage revisited”, Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - “Changjiang”, Unseen photobook award 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013 - “The Russian Moment” Russian Museum’s Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
2013 - “MATAGI” PCO International Photo Exhibition, Guizhou, China
2013 - “Tracks”, The Photographic Museum of Humanity, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 - “Yamadachi”, Konica Minolta Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - “KODAMA”, Theory of clouds, Kobe, Japan
2013 - “Tracks” Format13, Derby, UK
2013 - “KODAMA”, Bloom gallery, Osaka, Japan
2013 - “His Traces”, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2012 - “KODAMA”, Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - “Ueno Hikoma Awards Exhibition”, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - “Ueno Hikoma Awards Exhibition”, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2020 - "Reimagining War", OGU MAG, Tokyo, Japan
2018 - "Tsuka 塚”, The Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
2017 - "FLÂNEUR - NEW URBAN NARRATIVES", Torres Vedras, Portugal.
2017 - "Golden Record", Fotogalleriet, Oslo Norway
2016 - "Man and dog", Tobilishi Photo Festival, Georgia
2016 - "In search of lost memories", Photobook Bristol, UK
2015 - "Scrapbook", Lugano photo days, Lugano, Switzerland
2015 - “The Russian moment”, Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Museum and Exhibition Center, Moscow, Russia
2014 - "Man and dog" and "Path in between", Galerie-T, Paris, France
2014 - "Man and dog" and "Path in between", OBSCURA Festival, Penang, Malaysia
2014 - “Devotion”, White Box MAP Publika, Kuala lumpur, Malaysia
2014 - “KODAMA”, Kiyosato photo art museum, Yamanashi, Japan
2014 - “Nature in Tokyo”, Kyotographie 2014, Kodokan, Kyoto, Japan
2014 - “Arte Laguna Prize13.14”, Venice Arsenale, Italy
2014 - “Tracks", Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2013 - “Unfolding Images”, The Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, USA
2013 - “The backpage revisited”, Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - “Changjiang”, Unseen photobook award 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013 - “The Russian Moment” Russian Museum’s Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
2013 - “MATAGI” PCO International Photo Exhibition, Guizhou, China
2013 - “Tracks”, The Photographic Museum of Humanity, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 - “Yamadachi”, Konica Minolta Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - “KODAMA”, Theory of clouds, Kobe, Japan
2013 - “Tracks” Format13, Derby, UK
2013 - “KODAMA”, Bloom gallery, Osaka, Japan
2013 - “His Traces”, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2012 - “KODAMA”, Reminders photography stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - “Ueno Hikoma Awards Exhibition”, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - “Ueno Hikoma Awards Exhibition”, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Awards
2021 - "COVID-19 EMERGENCY FUND FOR JOURNALISTS" by National Geographic, USA
2017 - "One year grant" by POLA Art Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - "One year grant" by the Agency for Japan Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - "3rd prize", Kassel photobook dummy award, Kassel, Germany
2014 - “Kiyosato young portfolio 2014”, Yamanashi, Japan
2013 - “Top50”, Photolucida Critical Mass 2013, Portland, USA
2013 - “1st prize”, IPA Photobook Asia award, Singapore
2013 - “Unseen photobook award 2013” Finalist, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013 - “Special award”, Konica Minolta FOTO PREMIO, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - “Honorable mention”, fotovisura grant, USA
2013 - “Honorable mention”, Format13, Derby, UK
2013 - “2nd prize”, Vattenfall photo award, Berlin, Germany
2012 - “Kyushu Sangyo university prize”, Ueno Hikoma Awards, Fukuoka, Japan
2012 - World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012 - “FOTO VISURA select award” Kuala Lumpur International Photo Award, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2011 - “Japan society for the art of photography prize”, Ueno Hikoma Award, Fukuoka, Japan
2011 - “TDPW (Tokyo Documentary Photo Workshop) Scholarship”, Tokyo, Japan
2017 - "One year grant" by POLA Art Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - "One year grant" by the Agency for Japan Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - "3rd prize", Kassel photobook dummy award, Kassel, Germany
2014 - “Kiyosato young portfolio 2014”, Yamanashi, Japan
2013 - “Top50”, Photolucida Critical Mass 2013, Portland, USA
2013 - “1st prize”, IPA Photobook Asia award, Singapore
2013 - “Unseen photobook award 2013” Finalist, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013 - “Special award”, Konica Minolta FOTO PREMIO, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - “Honorable mention”, fotovisura grant, USA
2013 - “Honorable mention”, Format13, Derby, UK
2013 - “2nd prize”, Vattenfall photo award, Berlin, Germany
2012 - “Kyushu Sangyo university prize”, Ueno Hikoma Awards, Fukuoka, Japan
2012 - World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012 - “FOTO VISURA select award” Kuala Lumpur International Photo Award, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2011 - “Japan society for the art of photography prize”, Ueno Hikoma Award, Fukuoka, Japan
2011 - “TDPW (Tokyo Documentary Photo Workshop) Scholarship”, Tokyo, Japan
