ARTIST

1978年東京都生まれ。東京工芸大学芸術学部写真学科卒業後、同大学大学院メディアアート専攻修了。蛇腹の付いた大盤フィルムカメラを利用し、独特の手法で風景をジオラマのように撮影する。現実の都市や自然の中にある人工物や人間までもがミニチュア化され、別世界に誘われたかのような不思議な感覚に陥る。2006年、写真集『small planet』で木村伊兵衛写真賞を受賞。以降、都市景観や人々の日常、自然風景を独特の視覚効果で捉え、現実と虚構の境界を探る。主な個展に、「（un）real utopia」（東京都写真美術館、2022）など。

パブリックコレクションにメトロポリタン美術館、ヒューストン美術館、東京都写真美術館など。

Born in 1978 in Tokyo. After graduating from the Department of Photography in the Faculty of Arts at Tokyo Polytechnic University, he completed the master’s program in media art at the same university. Using a large-format bellows film camera and a distinctive technique, he photographs landscapes so that they look like dioramas. Human-made structures in real cities and natural settings, and even people themselves, appear miniaturized, giving viewers the strange sensation of having been drawn into another world. In 2006, he received the Kimura Ihei Award for his photobook small planet. Since then, he has captured urban landscapes, people’s everyday lives, and natural scenery through distinctive visual effects, exploring the boundary between reality and fiction. Major solo exhibitions include “(un)real utopia” (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2022). His work is held in public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.