Masato Ninomiya is a self-taught photographer born in Tokyo and based in Kanagawa, Japan. He is a landscape photographer. He also occasionally makes handmade books. 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, Borderland, Coastline, 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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写真家。東京都出身、神奈川県在住。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。Wintertag、Borderland、Coastline、The Wall、Edenの各写真シリーズの他、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。時々、ハンドメイドで自家製本しています。

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 Ninomiya
All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form without written permission is strictly forbidden.