Masato Tanaka (His former surname was Ninomiya) is a self-taught photographer and researcher based in Kanagawa, Japan. His roles include serving as a field observer for city natural environment, spring water subcommittee and a member of the association for connecting regional heritage to the future, a branch of the local tourism association. Through these roles, his photographic work focuses on the history of his hometown in Kanagawa, exploring its intricate relationship with nature and the environment. Additionally, he creates handmade, self-bound books as part of his creative practice. He primarily works with 6×7 medium format film, and all his black and white photographs are self-developed by himself. For specific projects, he carefully selects Awa Washi (kozo paper) as his printing medium to bridge the materiality of the landscape with its historical memory, paying homage to the pure water essential to both the land and the paper-making process. This website was launched in October 2003.
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*Sorry, I don’t have a Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads and Twitter (X) account. And my English isn’t so good, so feel free to ask me if there is anything unclear.

田中マサト 写真家（両親の離婚に伴い母方姓に変更）。東京都出身、神奈川県在住、市自然環境観察員、観光協会傘下・地域（文化）遺産を未来につなぐ会会員。主に神奈川の歴史とその自然や環境との関係をテーマにランドスケープ・シリーズを制作しています。Wintertag、Borderland、Coastline、The Wall、Edenの各写真シリーズの他、Tokyo 2020はCovid-19によるパンデミック時の東京郊外のソーシャル・ランドスケープ。主に中判6×7フォーマットを使用、白黒フィルムはすべて自家現像。ハンドメイドで時々自家製本しています。
*母・玉祥（書家雅号。龍祥書道會・近森龍城氏に師事）

Translator
1. Series Coastline, The Wall, Eden, Water Deity and Tokyo 2020
Translated by Michael Normoyle and Yoshiko Furuhashi at M&Y Translations, Rotherham, UK
2. Series Wintertag
English proofreading by FotoFilmic
3. Series Borderland
English proofreading by In Conversation With (Michaela Nagyidaiová and Kristina Sergeeva)

Copyright
All images and text © Masato Tanaka (Ninomiya)
All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form without written permission is strictly forbidden.