Akihito YOSHIDA
吉田亮人
Born in Miyazaki, Japan in 1980. Lives and works in Kyoto City. After graduating from the Faculty of Education at Shiga University, worked as a Japanese language teacher in Thailand for one year. After returning to Japan, worked as an elementary school teacher for 6 years, and began working as a photographer in 2010.
While working mainly for advertisements and magazines, he has created works on the themes of "working people" and "life and death," which have been highly acclaimed both in Japan and abroad.
His photo books include "Brick Yard" and "Tannery" (above, private edition), "THE ABSENCE OF TWO" (Seigensha, Editions Xavier Barral) In 2021, his book "Shanimuni Photographer" (Aki Shobo), which describes his 10 years as a photographer, was published. He has received numerous awards, including the Nikkei National Geographic Photography Award 2015 and the Grand Prize in the People category.
Publications
2023 - photo picture book"Hataraku"series "Library"(AMbooks)
2023 - photo picture book"Hataraku"series "bookbinding factory"(AMbooks)
2022 - The Dialogue of Two(artist's book and private edition limited to 49 copies) (Three books / RPS)
2021 - Shanimuni Photographer (Aki Shobo)
2020 - Photo picture book series "Hataraku" "Bookstore" (Ambooks)
2020 - Photo picture book "Hataraku" series "Chinese Restaurant" (Ambooks)
2018 - THE ABSENCE OF TWO (Seigensha)
2018 - UNE DOUBLE ABSENCE (Editions Xavier Barral)
2017 - THE ABSENCE OF TWO (artist's book and private edition limited to 111 copies)
2016 - Tannery (special edition limited to 100 copies, private edition)
2016 - Tannery (limited edition of 400 copies, privately printed)
2015 - Brick Yard (limited edition of 200 copies, privately printed)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
"The Dialogue of Two" RPS Kyoto Branch, Paprolle, Kyoto, Japan
2021 -
"Family Affair" DEICHTORHALLEN HAMBURG, Hamburg, Germany
"INSTAXDiary" Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
"Shanimuni Photographer Publication Commemorative Exhibition"
Seikosha bookstore, Kyoto ・Kaifusha bookstore, Kyoto ・Seikatsu Tsuzukata bookstore, Yokohama
"Shikaku no Mori de, Futari wa" Seikosha bookstore, Kyoto
"Children Without Borders" ITOCHU SDGs STUDIO Tokyo
2020 -
"THE ABSENCE OF TWO" FishEye Gallery Paris, France
2019 -
"GONBE MANE" Gallery SUGATA Kyoto
"Bus Helper" Dhaka, Bangladesh
"Journal" Seikosha Kyoto
"THE ABSENCE OF TWO" Books Kubrick Fukuoka
2018 - "THE ABSENCE OF TWO Publication Commemorative Exhibition" Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo
2018 - "The Absence of Two" Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore
2017 - "Falling Leaves" KYOTOGRAPHIE Main Program Exhibition
2017 - "The Absence of Two" Lianzhou International Photography Festival, Lianzhou, China
2017 - "The Absence of Two" Seikosha, Kyoto
2017 - "Victims" Certified NPO Children Without Borders ,idem gallery sirius, Tokyo
2017 - "The Absence of Two" Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo
2017 - "Sky Burial" Gallery SUGATA Hikarie, Tokyo
2017 - "Sky Burial" Gallery SUGATA, Kyoto
2017 - "On Labor" EMON PHOTO GALLERY, Tokyo
2016 - "Tannery" Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, Tokyo
2016 - "Tannery" Daikanyama Kitamura Photo Shop, Tokyo
2016 - "Tannery" EMON PHOTO GALLERY, Tokyo
2016 - "Tannery" Seikosha, Kyoto
2015 - "Calico Factory Artisans" Gallery SUGATA, Kyoto
2015 - "Brick Yard" Art Space Irosora Gallery, Miyazaki
2015 - "Brick Yard" Konica Minolta Gallery Photopremio, Tokyo
2015 - "Brick Yard" Keibunsha Ichijyoji bookstore, Kyoto
2012 - "Calico Factory Artisans", Art Space Irosora Gallery, Miyazaki, Japan
2011 - "Warm Light" Paxi house, Tokyo
2011 - "Calico Factory Artisans" Shinjuku Epsite Gallery, Tokyo
2011 - "Encounter Journey" Bar Sentakusen, Shinjuku Golden Street, Tokyo
Awards
2016 - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO PRIZE 2015 People category First Prize
2016 - EMON PHOTO AWARD special prize
2015 - Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award First PhotoBook Shortlist 2015
2015 - Konica Minolta Photo Premio Grand Prize2014
2015 - KYOTO GRAPHIE PLUS BEST4 EXHIBITION
2014 - Konica Minolta Photo Premio Prize
2013 - Kyoto Photograph bien’nāre
2013 - Ueno Hikoma Awards, Japan Photography Art Encouraged Prize, Mainichi Newspaper, Japan
2012 - Ueno Hikoma Awards, Japan Photography Art Encouraged Prize, Mainichi Newspaper, Japan
2011 - EPSON Gallery Spot Light Institution
