Documentary photographer Keisuke Nagoshi has brought out the true faces of his subjects through his unique style of photographing minorities from around the world, living and sleeping with them.
In recent years, Nagoshi has been presenting works that are in a good sense removed from such a public image, and last year's exhibition here also showed the depth and multifaceted nature of Nagoshi's work.
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And now, the "Yoake no" photo exhibition is an expression of the artist's own very personal inner world.
Since 2018, he and his mother have been following in the footsteps of his father, who is ill at his family home in Okayama, deep in the mountains, capturing the ethereal world of Japan and the Japanese people.
A group of 24 tranquil works set in Okayama, where the original landscape of Japan still remains. Please come and see them at the exhibition.
thirteenth month of the lunar calendar
There are nights when I can't nem
Floating in the dead of night
Wandering between dreams and reality
The sound of the hands of time and the croaking of frogs
Small deceptions and a twist of fate put us in a tough situation.
To the shining moon looking up at the night sky
Those words that come back to mind come back to life.
My mind begins to buzz.
Don't move, stay still, and believe.
I'll keep waiting.
Late at night when the crescent moon shines, that man disappeared.
I lost my place to go back to.
And again.
Looking Back.
Search for.
Lose it again.
Knowing Loneliness
Reveal your heart as it is.
Know the depth of love and yourself
Today, too, in 0.2 seconds of my life, on the road of moonlight, I will continue to wander again, looking for that person's miracle.
The sound of the quiet wind lingers in my ears as I remember the night of the last day of the year.
Keep the silence.
Believe in yourself and do not seek
wait for the dawn
My eyelids tinted with color and I slowly opened my eyes.
Slowly in the haze of soft morning light.
My whole body melted in and enveloped me.
I'm sure we'll meet again someday.
That man taught me the strength of faith.
Into that beautiful shining light that I can see now
I'm starting to see clearly.
Keisuke Nagoya
Keisuke Nagoshi Photo Exhibition "Yoake
Period: June 5 (Wed) ~ June 22 (Sat)
Venue: KKAG (Kiyoyuki Kuwabara Accounting Gallery)
Address: Agata Takezawa Building 405, 1-2-11 Higashi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Hours: 15:00 - 21:00 (Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat) *Closed on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
Phone: 03-3862-1780
Official Site
*Free admission
*Close at 18:00 on the last day, June 22 (Sat.)
Keisuke Nagoya
Photographer, born in Nara, Japan in 1977 . Graduated from Osaka University of Arts .
At the age of 19, he moved to the U.S. by himself, living and photographing with squatter ( squatter ). . He then traveled around Asia and published a photo book "EXCUSE ME" in 2006. While working for magazines and catalogs, he has since released several photo collections, including "SMOKEY MOUNTAIN," "CHICANO," "BLUE FIRE," and "Vagabond: India Kumbhmera, The Saints' Ride. . "Familia Homi Danchi" won the "Shashin-no-Kai" award.
KKAG(Kiyoyuki Kuwabara Accounting Gallery) held the photo exhibition "THE MAN" in 2021, which exhibited a group of works taken of actor Kiyohiko Shibukawa. Also, in 2023, he held "Familia 0565," photographed while living together in "Homi Danchi" in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, where many people from South America live, and was nominated for the 40th Higashikawa Award in the Town of Photography.
In July 2024, he plans to publish "TUAREG," a book of photographs of the Sahara Desert, which he spent time with the Tuareg tribe.
