
Masato Ninomiya is a self-taught photographer based in Kanagawa, Japan. He is a landscape photographer. He works on several photographic projects. His interests are focusing on the history of his hometown of Kanagawa and the relationship with nature and environment. He likes medium format film photography for these landscape projects. All his black and white photographs were home developed by himself. His “Wintertag” series was one of the 12 winners of the FotoFilmic JRNL Issue 11, published in Canada. Some of his photography series have been selected as shortlists for the URBANAUTICA Institute Awards and International Photography Grant in Europe, as well as the ‘IMA next’ in Japan. His photographs were featured on Phases Magazine, Don’t take pictures (Photo of the day), Landscape Stories Magazine blog, Incandescent zine, etc. This website was launched in October 2003. “Still Life” was his music band name in the early days, but since 2007 it has been used to mean “Still images & An inseparable part of his life”.
神奈川県在住。主に神奈川県の歴史とその自然や環境との関係に焦点を当てた風景写真シリーズの他、瀬戸内などのルーツに基づく風景スナップをライフワークにしています。
*Sorry, I don’t have a Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter account. And my English isn’t so good, so feel free to ask me if there is anything unclear.
- Competition
- 2022
- Shortlist: IMA next STORY / Series Reincarnation
Jury: Tomoko Yoneda
- 2021
- Shortlist: URBANAUTICA Institute Awards 2020 / Series Coastline
- 2019
- Nominee: International Photography Grant 2019 in the landscape category / Series Wintertag
- Publications
- 2022
- FotoFilmic JRNL Issue 11 Winter 2022 / Series Wintertag
Guest edited by Corey Keller (SFMoMA / CCA)
- 2022
- Catalogue: Viewpoint – Landscape and Architecture
Black Box Gallery
- 2020
- Goldenrod zine Issue 01
- 2020
- Incandescent zine Issue 17
- 2017
- Eyescape Magazine special issue CONNECTIONS
- 2011
- TOKYO-GA photobook for restoration assistance following the 3.11 Great East Japan Earthquake
- Exhibition
- 2022
- A juried group show “Viewpoint: Landscape and Architecture” at Black Box Gallery (Portland, OR) / from the series Coastline
- 2020
- Hidden Histories virtual exhibition by In Conversation With / Series Borderland
- 2013
- Solo photo exhibition at ANTENNA (Tokyo, JP)
- NFT’s Artwork
- from 2022
- UNCONTAMINATED / @masatoninomiya
- Contemporary photography platform
- 2021
- Landscape Stories Magazine blog / Series Coastline
- 2020
- International Photography Magazine / Series Wintertag
- 2020
- Landscape Stories Magazine blog / Series Wintertag
- 2020
- Landscape Stories Magazine blog / Series Borderland
- 2020
- of the land & us / Series Wintertag
- 2019
- New Landscape Photography / Series Wintertag
- 2019
- SEEN Magazine / Series Wintertag
- 2019
- Don’t Take Pictures / from the series Wintertag
Photo of the day
- 2019
- Phases Magazine / Series Wintertag
- 2016
- | In a clearing | / Series Wintertag
- Photo archive project
- 2021
2020 - Covid Pictures / Incl. from the series Tokyo 2020
- Portfolio review
- 2021
- Online portfolio review by IMA editorial department
Reviewer: Naoko Higashi (Editor at the IMA magazine and project manager of TABF)
- 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
- Client work and Support activities
- 2018
2016 - ShareGrapher
- Toppan Printing Co.,Ltd
WAO project
- 2013
- Go Green Market
- E&K Promotions and KEIO Corporation
- 2013
- Rustic Wedding
- E&K Promotions and KEIO Corporation
- 2012
- The Design Of Understanding
- Photo contributed to Getty Images UK
- 2011
- Click! Real Japan
- Video interview by Getty Images Japan
- Education / Seminars
- 2013
- Correspondence course at the Kyoto University of Art and Design
- 2012
- Photographers Forum by Getty Images Japan at VACANT
- 2010
- “Photo market in the USA” by Yoichi Nagata at Gallery COSMOS
Cooperation
Translated by Michael Normoyle and Yoshiko Furuhashi at M&Y Translations (Series Coastline, Tokyo 2020).
Translated by Natsuka Watanabe and Natsuho Taira (Series Wintertag, Borderland).
Copyright
All images and text © Masato Ninomiya
All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form without written permission is strictly forbidden.