2009
Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi weaves a narrative of the duality between life and death in her work. Her images simultaneously suggest optimism for an idyllic existence and existential dread for the struggles of everyday life.
Kawauchi graduated from Seian University of Art and Design in 1993. In 2001, she released a trio of photobooks — Utatane, Hanabi and Hanako — that received critical acclaim and launched Kawauchi’s career. Over the next two decades, she produced over 20 photobooks.
Kawauchi is a master narrator capable of telling stories in a minimalist style. Like the haikus she writes to accompany her work, Kawauchi’s photography offers poetry in the stillness of a single frame. Simplicity is a key element in her work, which captures intentional moments and freezes nature in time. Her subjects include fire, fireworks, clouds, lightning, sakura blossoms and waves.
In 2002, Kawauchi won the Rookie of the Year Award from the Photographic Society of Japan. She received the International Center of Photography’s Annual Infinity Award in 2009 and was shortlisted in 2012 for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. In 2013, she won the Domestic Photographer Award at the 29th Higashikawa Awards and the Art Encourage Prize for New Artist from the Ministry of Education.
She has exhibited her work around the world, including at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, the Photographer’s Gallery in London, the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo and White Cube in Kyoto.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Rinko Kawauchi’s photography.
Untitled, from 'Illuminance' – Rinko Kawauchi
By Rinko Kawauchi
Located in Zurich, CH
RINKO KAWAUCHI (*1972, Japan) Untitled, from the series 'Illuminance' 2007 C–type print Sheet 101 × 101 cm (40 x 40 in.) Frame 107 x 107 cm (42 1/8 x 42 1/8 in.) Edition of 3; Ed. no...
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Untitled, from the series 'Illuminance' – Rinko Kawauchi
By Rinko Kawauchi
Located in Zurich, CH
RINKO KAWAUCHI (*1972, Japan) Untitled, from the series 'Illuminance' 2011 Lambda print Sheet 30.48 × 25.4 cm (12 × 10 in.) Edition of 6 framed, Signed by the Artist Reminiscent of ...
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Untitled, from the series "Approaching Whiteness" – Rinko Kawauchi, Landscape
By Rinko Kawauchi
Located in Zurich, CH
Untitled, from the series "Approaching Whiteness" 2011 C-print Sheet 101.6 x 101.6 cm (40 x 40 in.) Edition of 6; Ed. 1/6 Print only Kawauchi, currently one of the most famed contem...
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Untitled, from the series "Approaching Whiteness" – Rinko Kawauchi, Landscape
By Rinko Kawauchi
Located in Zurich, CH
Untitled, from the series "Approaching Whiteness" 2011 C-print Sheet 101.6 x 101.6 cm (40 x 40 in.) Edition of 6; Ed. 3/6 Print only Kawauchi, currently one of the most famed contem...
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Untitled, from the series 'The river embraced me'
By Rinko Kawauchi
Located in Zurich, CH
Rinko KAWAUCHI (*1972, Japan) Untitled, from the series 'The river embraced me', 2016 C–type print 56 × 56 cm (22 × 22 in.) Edition of 3 Print only, Signed by the artist This photog...
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Untitled, from the series 'Illuminance' – Rinko Kawauchi
By Rinko Kawauchi
Located in Zurich, CH
RINKO KAWAUCHI (*1972, Japan) Untitled, from the series 'Illuminance' 2009 Lambda print Sheet 101.6 × 101.6 cm (40 x 40 in.) Edition of 6 framed, Signed by the Artist Reminiscent of...
Lambda
Against The Tide, Reflections 02
By Ori Gersht
Located in New York, NY
From the series Chasing Good Fortune
Archival Pigment
Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture (1241-08)
By Yoko Ikeda
Located in New York, NY
20 x 24 inch type-c print Edition 10. Signed on verso. Throughout her career, photographer Yoko Ikeda has been finding poetry in the prosaic, and mystery in the mundane. Her photog...
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#10282-a Lake Erie, Buffalo, New York, USA
By Todd Hido
Located in New York, NY
#10282-a Lake Erie, Buffalo, New York, USA 2011/2023 Signed in black ink, verso Archival pigment print 6 x 6 inches, sheet 5.25 x 2.25 inches, image This work is offered by CLAMP...
Archival Pigment
Storm/Body - Johanna Stickland (Colour Photography)
By Johanna Stickland
Located in London, GB
Storm/Body - Johanna Stickland (Colour Photography) Signed, titled, dated and numbered on label affixed to reverse C-type print 14 x 14 inches From an edition of 10
C Print
Blaze, Untitled 3
By Ori Gersht
Located in New York, NY
From the series Blaze
Archival Pigment
Blaze, Untitled 1
By Ori Gersht
Located in New York, NY
From the series Blaze
Archival Pigment
