
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。Wintertag、Coastline、Borderland、The Wall、Eden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
- 2022
- Shortlist: IMA next #25 STORY (JP)
Jury: Tomoko Yoneda
Series Reincarnation
- 2021
- Shortlist: URBANAUTICA Institute Awards 2020 (IT)
Series Coastline
- 2019
- Nominee: International Photography Grant 2019 (UK) in the landscape category
Series Wintertag
- Exhibition / Group show
- 2025
- Terrace Square Photo Exhibition Vol.33
Dialogue with photography #4, Monochrome Diary / Landscape at Terrace Square in Tokyo
From the series Eden
- 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
- 2022
- Viewpoint: Landscape and Architecture at Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon
From the series Coastline
- 2020
- Hidden Histories by In Conversation With
From the series Borderland
UAL Post-Grad Community Exhibition Feature
- Publications / Group zine
- 2024
- Valentine Editions (UK)
- 4th publication HANDS
- 2023
- Another Earth (US/CA)
- What Makes a Lake? Tracing Movement
From the series Wintertag
- 2022
- FotoFilmic (CA)
- JRNL Issue 11
Guest edited by Corey Keller
Series Wintertag
- 2022
- Black Box Gallery (US)
- Viewpoint: Landscape and Architecture
From the series Coastline
- 2021
- Soft Magazine (IT)
- Soft magazine n.0
From the series Wintertag
- 2020
- Goldenrod Editions (US)
- Goldenrod Issue 01
- 2020
- Pine Island Press (US)
- Incandescent Issue 17
- 2017
- Eyescape Magazine
- Special issue CONNECTIONS
- Self publishing zines
- 2024
- A handmade book The Wall
- 2022
- Tokyo 2020
- 2020
2018 - Wintertag, Reincarnation, ETUDE and Borderland
(Digital publishing platform Issuu)
- NFT’s Artwork
- 2022
- Fine Art NFT Marketplace UNCONTAMINATED (IT/UK)
My account: @masatoninomiya
- Online Magazine
- 2021
- Landscape Stories Magazine blog (IT)
- Series Coastline
- 2020
- International Photography Magazine (UK)
- Series Wintertag
- 2020
- Landscape Stories Magazine blog (IT)
- Series Wintertag
- 2020
- Landscape Stories Magazine blog (IT)
- Series Borderland
- 2020
- of the land & us (UK)
- Series Wintertag
- 2019
- New Landscape Photography (US)
- Series Wintertag
- 2019
- SEEN Magazine (FR)
- Series Wintertag
- 2019
- Don’t Take Pictures (US)
Photo of the day - From the series Wintertag
- 2019
- Phases Magazine (FR)
- Series Wintertag
- 2016
- | In a clearing | (NL)
- Series Wintertag
- Portfolio review
- 2021
- Online portfolio review by IMA editorial department
Reviewer: Naoko Higashi (Editor at the IMA magazine and project manager of TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR)
- 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
- 2018
2016 - ShareGrapher
- Toppan Printing Co.,Ltd
WAO project
- 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.
- 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
- 2004
- Symposium “Today’s Typography and Typeface: Letters for Printing in Digital Age” by Joshibi 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.