Naoki Ishikawa
Photographer
Naoki Ishikawa was born in Tokyo in 1977 and completed a latter doctoral program at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Interested in anthropology and ethnology, he has traveled widely, visiting every kind of environment, from urban to remote regions, creating outstanding works along the way. In 2008 he won the Newcomer's Award from the Photographic Society of Japan and the Kodansha Publication Culture Award for Photography for his NEW DIMENSION (AKAAKA Art Publishing) and POLAR (Little More Co., Ltd.). In 2011 he received the Domon Ken Award for his CORONA (Seidosha) and in 2020 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Photographic Society of Japan for his EVEREST (CCC Media House) and MAREBITO (Shogakukan Inc.). He has also written numerous books, including The Last Adventurer (Shueisha Inc.) for which he received the Kaiko Takeshi [Non-Fiction] Award. A large-scale solo exhibition, "Capturing the Map of Light on this Planet," that opened at the Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, in 2016 went on to travel to the Niigata City Art Museum; Ichihara Lakeside Museum; the Museum of Art, Kochi; the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, and the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery. A photobook of the same name was also published. His latest publications include Kangchenjunga (POST-FAKE) and Manaslu 2022 edition (SLANT).
READ ARTICLEWORKS
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「Kangchenjunga」2022 / POST-FAKE
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「奥能登半島」2021 / 青土社
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「この星の光の地図を写す」2019 / リトルモア
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「まれびと」2019 / 小学館
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「EVEREST」2019 / CCCメディアハウス
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「K2」2015 / SLANT
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「CORONA」2010/ 青土社
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「ARCHIPELAGO」2009 / 集英社
「POLAR」2007 / リトルモア
