Daisuke Ito was born in 1976 in Japan. He had learned photojournalism for two years in 2000-2002 at IDEP in Barcelona, Spain. He had wandered around Central and South America for seven years in 2002-2009. He started his career as a photographer in 2007 in slum named Chapéu Mangueira in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His work has been published by magazines of Brazil and Japan. Actually He lives in the slum of Rio de Janeiro.

Publications

2010 - "LOSOLMO GYM" Zen Foto Gallery
2016 - "Rio, Favela" DOUMORI PUBLISHING

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009 "FAVELA". The Last Gallery, Tokyo
2010 "LOSOLMO GYM". Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2011 "DAISUKE ITO". Free Factory Gallery, Tokyo
2012 "LOSOLMO GYM". Espaço Cultural Porto Seguro, Sao Paulo

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 "FAVELA". Ueno Hikoma Award Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Photo Museum, Tokyo
2010 "NIGHT BUTTERFLY". Ueno Hikoma Award Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Photo Museum, Tokyo
2011 "31 Contemporary Photographers". Lens Culture International Exposure Awards Exhibition, Gallery 291, San Francisco
2011 "31 Contemporary Photographers". Lens Culture International Exposure Awards Exhibition, Ⅶ Gallery, New York
2011 "31 Contemporary Photographers". Lens Culture International Exposure Awards Exhibition, Spéos Gallery, Paris
2011 "The premiere exhibition of winning photographs". Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, ESPACE DUPON
2013 "Photo LA" The 22nd International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles

Awards

2009 Mainichi Newspaper Award in the 10th Ueno Hikoma Award, Japan
2010 Shortlisted for Sony World Photography Awards in Professional Sport category
2010 Honorable Mention, Lens Culture International Exposure Awards
2010 Honorable Mention, The 2010 International Photography Awards
2011 Lucie Foundation The Emerging Scholarship
2011 Burn Magazine Emerging Photographer Grant 2011 FINALISTA
2011 Silver Medal, 2011 Prix de la Photographie Paris
2011 Honorable Mention, The 2011 International Photography Awards
2011 Overseas Training Grant for Emerging Artists, Agency for Cultural Affairs,
Japanese Government
2012 The PGB Photo Award 2012, Picture Story of Year Sports 2ND Price
2012 Honorable Mention, 2012 Prix de la Photographie Paris
2012 Honorable Mention, Prêmio Brasil Fotografia 2012

Books from Daisuke ITO