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Rinko Kawauchi: Poetic Photography

Rinko Kauwachi is a Japanese photographer born in 1972. She studied photography and graphic design at university and worked as a freelance photographer. Kauwachi is known for her poetic photographs that convey fragile moments in everyday life. Her work is exhibited widely and she has received several awards for her photography. Kauwachi aims to capture uniquely frozen moments in her photos and follows her artistic instinct rather than taking multiple shots.

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Rinko Kawauchi: Poetic Photography

Rinko Kauwachi is a Japanese photographer born in 1972. She studied photography and graphic design at university and worked as a freelance photographer. Kauwachi is known for her poetic photographs that convey fragile moments in everyday life. Her work is exhibited widely and she has received several awards for her photography. Kauwachi aims to capture uniquely frozen moments in her photos and follows her artistic instinct rather than taking multiple shots.

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Rinko Kauwachi

Kay Zhang
Background ●
●
Japanese photographer
Born in 1972
● Studied photography and graphic
design at Seian University of Art
and Design (1993)
● Worked as a freelancer
● published in 2001: Utatane, Hanabi,
Hanoko
● exhibited in Museo de Arte
Moderna, White Cube, The
Photographer’s gallery, etc.
● Awards: 27th Ihei Kimura Award,
International Center of
Photography Infinity and more
Work
● Utatane, Hanabi, Hanoko (2001)
● Search for the sun (2016)
● The river embraced me (2016)
● AILA (2005)
● the eyes, the ears (2005)
● Ametsuchi (2013)
● “While cutting out everyday life, I
take pictures that express the
fragility of life and death in it.”
● “Poetic”
● Convey moments in life
Utatane
Utatane
Illuminance 2011
Illuminance 2011
interests

Ametsuchi
methods
● Dairy visual dairy
● “uniquely frozen
moment”, doesn’t take
multiple shots
● Follows her instinct
● “prefers to work in photo
books because they allow
the viewer to engage
intimately with her
images”
Sources
● http://rinkokawauchi.com/en/works/
● https://theculturetrip.com/asia/japan/articles/rinko-kawauchi-10-things-you-should
-know-about-the-first-lady-of-japanese-photography/
● https://womennart.com/2020/10/14/who-is-rinko-kawauchi/
● http://www.artnet.com/artists/rinko-kawauchi/biography

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