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profile: Masato Ninomiya

Masato Ninomiya is a self-taught photographer born in Tokyo and based in Kanagawa, Japan. He is a landscape photographer. He is working on several photographic projects. His interests are focusing on the history of his hometown of Kanagawa and its relationship with nature and the environment (Series Wintertag, Coastline, Borderland, The Wall and Eden. Also, Tokyo 2020 is the social landscape of Tokyo suburbs during the Covid-19 pandemic. Reincarnation is his parents’ story). He primarily works with 6×7 medium format film. All his black and white photographs were home developed by himself. 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.

東京都出身、神奈川県在住。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。WintertagCoastlineBorderlandThe WallEdenの各シリーズ。その他、Reincarnationは両親の終の住処のフォトストーリー、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。

  • Competition
  • Exhibition / Group show
  • 2024
  • 14th edition of TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR
    “People by TS. Photo” booth at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
    A handmade book The Wall
  • 2023
  • A Fundraising Exhibition Postcards for Palestine
    at Claire de Rouen Books in London and Berlinskej Model Gallery in Prague
    From the series Eden

  • Publications / Group zine
  • 2024
  • Valentine Editions (UK)
  • 4th publication HANDS

  • Self publishing zines
  • 2020
    2018
  • Wintertag, Reincarnation, ETUDE and Borderland
    (Digital publishing platform Issuu)
  • NFT’s Artwork

  • Online Magazine
  • Portfolio review
  • 2010
  • The 1st Yokohama Photo Festival Open portfolio review at Red Brick Warehouse Building No.1
    Event produced by Yoichi Nagata
  • Lifestyle Magazine
  • 2010
  • homeland magazine / Interview: Culture and ART
  • (C2B/C2C) Client work and Support activities
  • 2016
  • Photographing on the day of submitting marriage registration
  • Murauchi BMW Chief advisor Takayuki Kato
  • 2014
    2010
  • Promotional photos
  • Woodwind quintet Ensemble fem, Musical actress Kazumi Abiko etc.
  • Education / Seminars
  • 2013
  • Correspondence course at the Kyoto University of Art and Design

Translator
1. Series Coastline, The Wall, Eden and Tokyo 2020
Translated by Michael Normoyle and Yoshiko Furuhashi at M&Y Translations, Rotherham, UK
2. Series Wintertag, Borderland
Translated by Natsuka Watanabe and Natsuho Taira

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