BIO – Yasuhiro Ogawa

Geboren 1968 in Kanagawa, Japan. B.A. in englischer Literatur von der Kanagawa Univ. Japan. Er begann Anfang der Zwanziger mit der Fotografie und startete seine berufliche Laufbahn im Jahr 2000.

Yasuhiro Ogawa hatte zahlreiche Einzel- und Gruppenausstellungen, darunter „Futashika na Chizu“ im Kodak Photo Salon, Tokio (1999), „Slowly Down the River“ im Nikon Salon Ginza, Tokio (2006) und „The Photographic Society of Japan New Comer Award Memorial“. Exhibition“ in Tokio und Moskau (2009), „Winter Journey“ in der Doozo Gallery, Rom, Italien (2013), „Cascade“ in der Sokyusha Gallery, Tokio (2017), „By the Sea“ im Fuji Film Photo Salon, Tokio ( 2018) „Contes des iles et Paysages de la Mer du Japon“ in der Inbetween Gallery, Paris, Frankreich (2018) und „The Dreaming“ in der Blue Lotus Gallery, Hongkong (2020).

Bisher hat Yasuhiro Ogawa sechs Fotobücher veröffentlicht, darunter „Slowly Down the River“ (Creo, 2008), „Shimagatari“ (Sokyusha, 2014), „Cascade“ (Sokyusha, 2017) und „By the Sea“ (Eigenverlag, 2018). ), „The Dreaming“ (Sokyusha, 2020) und „Tokyo Silence“ (T&M Projects, 2022).

Yasuhiro Ogawa hat mehrere Preise gewonnen, darunter den Taiyo Award für seine erste Einzelausstellung „Futashikana Chizu“ (2000) und den New Comer Award der Photographic Society of Japan für sein erstes Fotobuch „Slowly Down the River“ (2009). Er war Finalist beim Oskar Barnack Award (2006) und beim Hayashi Tadahiko Award (2015). Derzeit lebt er in Tokio.

Born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1968. B.A. in English literature from Kanagawa Univ. Japan. He started photography in early twenties and began professional career in 2000.

Yasuhiro Ogawa has had many solo and group exhibitions:

• 2002  Portrait of Shanghai, Konica Plaza, Tokyo
• 2005  TokyoLand, Konica Minolta Plaza, Tokyo (a joint exhibition with Jeremy Sutton Hibbert)
• 2006  Slowly Down the River, Nikon Salon Ginza, Tokyo
• 2008  Okinawan Color, Gallery Niépce, Tokyo
• 2009  Kawa no Kioku, Konica Minolta Plaza, Tokyo
• 2013  Winter Journey, Roonee 247 Gallery, Tokyo
• 2013  The Islands, Roonee 247 Gallery, Tokyo
• 2013  Yuki – Winter Journey, Doozo Gallery, Rome
• 2015  Lost in Kyoto, Ricoh Imaging Square, Tokyo
• 2017  Cascade, Sokyusha Gallery, Tokyo
• 2018  By the Sea, Fujifilm Photo Salon, Tokyo
• 2018  Contes des îles et Paysages de la Mer du Japon, in)(between gallery, Paris
• 2019  Yoru-wo-Tsumuide, Sokyusha Gallery, Tokyo
• 2021  The Dreaming, Place M, Tokyo
• 2021  The Dreaming, Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong
• 2023  Into the Silence, a pop-up exhibition organized by Blue Lotus Gallery, Gent
• 2023  Into the Silence, Galerie Sophie Scheidecker, Paris
• 2024  Into the Silence, Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong

Yasuhiro Ogawa has published six photo books so far, such as “Slowly Down the River” (Creo, 2008), “Shimagatari” (Sokyusha, 2014), “Cascade” (Sokyusha, 2017) “By the Sea” (self published, 2018), “The Dreaming” (Sokyusha, 2020) and “Tokyo Silence” (T&M Projects, 2022).

Yasuhiro Ogawa has won several awards such as the Taiyo Award for his first solo exhibition “Futashikana Chizu” (2000) and The Photographic Society of Japan New Comer Award for his first photo book “Slowly Down the River” (2009). He was a finalist at the Oskar BarnackAward (2006) and the Hayashi Tadahiko Award (2015).

He currently lives in Tokyo.

Photos copyright: Yasuhiro Ogawa