About the Japanese photographer, Toshiya MURAKOSHI (b. 1980, in Sukagawa, Fukushima)

Toshiya MURAKOSHI graduated from the Nippon Photography Institute in 2003. In 2006, he documented his hometown, continuously producing serene yet powerful landscape images that trace his memories of his time in his hometown. In 2009, he founded the gallery 'TAP' in Tokyo. In 2011, he received de 'Newcomer's Award' from the Photographic Society of Japan as well as the 'Sagamihara Photographer New Face Incentive Award' (2015). His works can be found in both the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has published three volumes of photographs to date. Toshiya MURAKOSHI is currently based in Tokyo.

Photo volumes by Toshiya MURAKOSHI

'A Gradual Thaw' (2017); 'What is the Distance to the Moon?' (2017); 'An Eventual Saturation' (2019)


In 'An Eventual Saturation', Toshiya MURAKOSHI continues his earlier photo series, 'A Gradual Thaw'. He has been documenting his hometown of Fukushima since 2006, when the Great Earthquake of 2011 transformed the landscape forever into a place all its own
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The black-and-white photographs in this photo volume, 'What is the Distance to the Moon?' by Toshiya MURAKOSHI, were taken between 2004 and 2005 in various areas of Japan as he traversed the country by train and on foot.
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The quiet, powerful landscape photography in the photo volume 'A Gradual Thaw' by Japanese photographer Toshiya MURAKOSHI was created between 2011 and 2015 in his home prefecture of Fukushima. With this project, he searches for traces of his own memories.
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