Kazunori Nagashima

Recognition of the self and others, this is the theme of my work.

Our daily life is full of contrasts.
Every difference makes us, yet we like them to be balanced somehow.
And everything in this world seems to be harmoniously synched.
If two friends are facing each other across the table in a new café, the drawings on the wall they remember may be different.
Or, a traveler from the east and a traveler from the west may see different scenery even if they are walking on the same road.
Even though the differences are faint, I always think that noticing or misunderstanding them complicates the world.

Born in Yokohama, Japan, 1971.

Turned to a professional photographer in 2004 after being a Japanese language lecturer in Kuching, Malaysia for two years, and a scene carpenter at Kabuki-za theater as known as the most traditional theater in Japan for seven years.

International Photography Awards 2018, the 2nd place of Professional Special - Other.
International Photography Awards 2016, the 2nd place of Professional Fine Art - Other.
Graphis Photography Annual 2016, Gold.
Graphis Photography Annual 2018, Merit.

International Photography Award, Honorable Mention, 2009-2018.
PX3, Honorable Mention, 2015-2017.
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Graduated Bunkyo University in 1995, majoring in linguistics.
While I had been working at shooting studios, photo labs and a photography agency, I had learned shooting photograph and print on my own, after leaving the Kabuki-za Theater in 2004.

The solo exhibition at Sony Imaging Gallery Ginza, Tokyo, 2018.
Joined the exhibition of ImageNation Paris, 2018.
Joined the exhibition of ImageNation Arles, 2019.
Presented "Binding Image" in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 2014.
Presented "G Book Show" in Brighton, England in 2014.