We are made of Grass,Soil,Trees,and Flowers Ayako Yamamoto

“Untitled #320, Mzimba, Malawi”, 2019 ©
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“organ #1 “Marta”, Latvia”, 2019 ©
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“Untitled #57, Kuldīga, Latvia”, 2012 ©
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“Untitled #59, Kuldiga, Latvia”, 2012 ©
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“Untitled #12, Lääne-Viru, Estonia”, 2010 ©
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“Untitled #60, Kuldiga, Latvia”, 2012 ©
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“Untitled #130, St. Petersburg, Russia”, 2014 ©
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“Untitled #117, St. Petersburg, Russia”, 2014 ©
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“Untitled #175, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria”, 2016 ©
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“Untitled #119, St. Petersburg, Russia”, 2014 ©
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“Untitled #281, Mzimba, Malawi”, 2019 ©
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“Untitled #286, Mzimba, Malawi”, 2019 ©
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“Untitled #340, Okinawa, Japan”, 2021 ©
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“Untitled #39, Kuldiga, Latvia”, 2011 ©
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“Untitled”, 2007 ©
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“Untitled #15, Lääne-Viru, Estonia”, 2010 ©
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“Untitled #37, Kuldiga, Latvia”, 2011 ©
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“Untitled #45, Kuldiga, Latvia”, 2011 ©
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“amnion #16”, 2012 Lambda print ©
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“amnion, #14”, 2012 Lambda print ©
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yamamoto

山元彩香

1983年、兵庫県生まれ。京都精華大学芸術学部造形学科洋画コース卒業。2004年のサンフラ ンシスコへの留学を機に写真の制作を始める。馴染みのない国や地域へ出かけ、そこで出会った 少女たちを撮影することで、その身体に潜む土地の記憶と、身体というものの空虚さを写真にとど めようとする。2009年のフィンランド、エストニアでの撮影を皮切りに、エストニア (2010年)、ラトビア (2011, 12, 14年)、フランス (2012, 13年)、ロシア (2014年)、ウクライナ(2015年)、北海道(2015年)、 ブルガリア (2016年)、ルーマニア (2017年)、ベラルーシ (2018年)、マラウイ (2019年)、沖縄(2020, 2021年)と各地で撮影を行ってきた。主な展示に「記憶は地に沁み、風を超え 日本の新進作家 vol.18」(東京都写真美術館, 東京, 2021年)、「Weare Made of Grass, Soil, Trees, and Flowers」 (Taka Ishii Gallery Photography/Film, 東京, 2021年)など。東欧やアフリカの各地で撮影を 行い、国内外で写真展やレジデンスに参加。2019年に出版された写真集『We are Made of Grass, Soil, and Trees』(T&M Projects, 2018年)でさがみはら写真新人奨励賞を受賞。 東京都写真美術館、清里フォトアート ミュージアム(山梨県)、Villa Pérochon Centre d’ Art Contemporain Photographique(ニオール, フランス)に作品が収蔵されている。

Ayaka Yamamoto

Ayaka Yamamoto was born in 1983 in Kobe, Japan. She studied painting in Kyoto Seika University and graduated in 2006. While studying in San Francisco in 2004, she started taking photographs. By traveling to unfamiliar countries and regions and photographing young women Yamamoto encounters there, the artist attempts to capture the memory of the places and the emptiness that lies hidden in their bodies through photographs. Since her visit to Finland and Estonia for photographs in 2009, she continuously made trips to the countries such as Estonia (2010), Latvia (2011, 2012, 2014), France (2012, 2013), Russia (2014), Ukraine (2015), Bulgaria (2016), Romania (2017), Republic of Belarus (2018) and Malawi (2019) to realize her works. Her recent major exhibitions include “Japanese Contemporary Photography vol. 18,” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (2021) and “We are Made of Grass, Soil, Trees, and Flowers,” Taka Ishii Gallery Photography/Film (2021). While traveling and photographing throughout Eastern Europe and Africa, she has participated in exhibitions and residencies in Japan and overseas. Yamamoto won the 19th Sagamihara Prize for a Newcomer Professional Photographer for her photobook “We are Made of Grass, Soil, and Trees” (T&M projects, 2019). Her works are included in the collection of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan), Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (Yamanashi, Japan) and Villa Pérochon Centre d’Art Contemporain Photographique (Niort, France).


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