2023 NOVEMBER / 若木信吾

サイズキャビネ、カテゴリー写真、エディションなし、価格 10,000円

若木信吾 / Shingo Wakagi

写真家
1971年3月26日静岡県浜松市生まれ　ニューヨーク州ロチェスター工科大学写真学科卒業雑誌・広告・音楽媒体·映画制作・絵本出版など幅広い分野で活動中
2010年から故郷の浜松市に書店「BOOKS AND PRINTS」のオーナーもつとめる

Photographer/Film Director/Book Shop Owner
Shingo Wakagi (1971-) is born and raised in Hamamatsu City in Japan, Wakagi studied at Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. After returning to Japan in 1996, he has released a number of monographs that often focused on his family and friends in his hometown, including Eiji and Hiro (2015) and The Funeral of Takuji Wakagi (2007). Wakagi is also an acclaimed filmmaker. His debut film Waltz in Starlight (2007) was nominated for the Tiger Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam. His most recent film Asleep (2015), based on Banana Yoshimoto’s novel, was the Centerpiece Presentation at Japan Cuts Film Festival in New York. TOTEM Song for Home (2009) is a moving documentary about indigenous musicians in Taiwan. Wakagi opened a small bookshop BOOKS AND PRINTS (2010-) in his hometown Hamamatsu City. Bookshop sells collections of domestic and foreign photo books.