ONAKA, Koji

About the Japanese photographer, Koji ONAKA (b. 1960, in Fukuoka prefecture)

Koji ONAKA graduated in 1982 from Tokyo Photograph College (toady: Tokyo Visual Arts). Participating in the Image shop 'CAMP' which was founded by Daido MORIYAMA. In 1988 he opened up the gallery [KAIDO] at Tokyo until 1992, re-opened in 2007 until 2014, re-re-opened in 2016. In 2002 he participated in the gallery [photographers' gallery] at Tokyo. In 2015 he started with a new photo magazine, called [KAIDO Magazine]. Since 1991 he has (self) published a lot of photo books and volumes. Koji ONAKA lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.

Photo books & zines by Koji ONAKA (a selection)

'Seitaka-awadachiso. Photographs 1988-1991' (1991, 2015); 'Distance. 1991-1995' (1995, 2012); 'Tokyo Candy Box' (2001); 'hysteric Five' (2001); 'Slow Boat' (2003, 2008, 2017); 'in-between. Latvia, Spain' (2005); 'Grasshopper' (2006); 'Dragonfly' (2007); 'Dog in France' (2008); '1983 Nogata: Echoes of Coal and Steel' (2008); 'Departure. A Journey by Six Artists' (2009, with Naoki ISHIKAWA, Sayuri NAITO, Hiraki SAWA, Toshiya MOMOSE); 'Umimachi' (2011); 'Tokyo'80s'' (2011); 'SHINJUKU' (2011); 'Long time no see' (2011, 2020); 'Matatabi' (2012); 'Twin Boat' (2013); 'My favorite 21' (2013); 'Horse & Cactus. Mexico 2007' (2013, 2021); 'Lucky Cat' (2013); 'Short Trip Again' (2014); 'Extra Hard' (2014); 'Nogata My Home Town 1983-1998' (2015), 'Black frame vertical possition' (2016); 'Outtakes' (2016); 'Collecting Summer' (2017); 'Memories of Younger Days in Shinjuku' (2018); 'Sleeping Cat' (2018); 'Neko wa Neko' (2019); 'Faraway Boat' (2019); 'Little Faded Trip' (2020); 'Shanghai Hot Pot' (2021)