Rinko Kawauchi: Interview at PingMag/ exhibition in Milan

10 questions to Rinko Kawauchi about photography
Recently I wrote a short notice about Rinko Kawauchi’s latest publication “Rinko Diary“. For those who want to read a little bit more about her work, the online magazine PingMag from Tokyo has an interesting interview with Rinko on occasion of her recent exhibition at Photographer’s Gallery, London.

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Rinko Kawauchi, one of Japan’s most popular female photographers today, created a sensation across the contemporary photography world in 2001 when she simultaneously released three critically acclaimed photography books: Utatane, Hanabi and Hanako and won the 27th Kimura Ihei Photography Award. Rinko’s publications have continued to amaze the photography world with three more books: Aila, the eyes the ears and Cuicui. She won not only the hearts of the young generation in Japan, but Rinko Kawauchi is said do be the next upcoming photographer – even in London. Being a great fan of Rinko’s work, I jumped on the opportunity to talk to her during her exhibition at the Photographers’ Gallery in London
[Quote: PingMag]

Rinko Kawauchi: The eyes, the ears, 2005 - cover photo


Rinko Kawauchi: “AILA”, “The eyes, the ears”, at Galleria CarlaSozzani, Milan
The best exhibition of Rinko’s work I if have seen yet was in 2005 at Fondation Cartier, Paris. It was a big and very well presented show which featured a large selection of photographs from the AILA series (2004) and from “the eyes, the ears” (2005) as well as a beautiful slide show of “Cui Cui” (2005). This exhibition will be opened in September at Galleria CarlaSozzani in Milan (Sept. 10 – Oct. 29) [the gallery website doesn’t seem to work properly at the moment].

2 Comments

  1. While I found the above mentioned interview in PingMag very interesting, it also received some negative response. But not Rinko Kawauchi was criticised, but the first question by the interviewer:

    Miss Kawauchi, your photos bring me into a world of quiet contemplation, your camera captures the most intricate details of every day life, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary and revealing a lyrical rhythm to our daily lives and surroundings. Before I go into your motifs and motivation, may I start by asking you what cameras you use?

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  2. Hi Ferdinand,

    Well, there are many ways to view the world, feel it and express… I like the way you handled this one.

    I have begun to put images on /elements_2005_pics, which may interest you. Seeing your beautiful blog I have a few coaching questions.

    Greetings,
    Christine

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