Biography
Yoshikatsu Fujii is a photo-based visual storyteller working on long-form projects about memory, family, contemporary events, and history.
His main medium is a hand-made limited edition photobook. His books have been nominated for the Paris Photo Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards 2014, won the Self Publishing PHOTOLUX Award 2015, and won the Anamorphosis Prize 21018. The books are owned by several museums and university libraries, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York Library, National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum London.
Since moving to his hometown of Hiroshima in 2015, he has been creating works on the theme of the history of war in Hiroshima from his own perspective as a third-generation A-bomb survivor.
His works were exhibited at Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography (Bangladesh, 2017), Phantom Pain Clinic (Jimei × Arles International Photo Festival, China, 2017), To Infinity and Beyond (BredaPhoto Festival, Netherlands, 2018), Not standing still: new approaches in documentary photography (PHOTO 2021, Australia, 2021), KG+ SELECT(Japan, 2021), etc.
藤井ヨシカツ
写真を表現主体としたビジュアル・ストーリーテラー。記憶、家族、事件や歴史をテーマとした長期プロジェクトに取り組んでいる。
少部数限定の手製本による写真集を主な発表媒体とし、2014年パリフォト・アパチャー財団写真集賞ノミネート、2015年Self Publishing PHOTOLUX Award受賞、2018年The Anamorphosis Prize受賞。ニューヨーク近代美術館(MoMA)図書館やヴィクトリア&アルバート博物館をはじめ、各国の美術館や大学図書館に収蔵されている。
2015年に故郷の広島に拠点を移して以降は、被爆3世である自身の視点から広島と戦争の歴史をテーマとして作品制作を行っている。
主な写真展にチョビメラ国際フォトフェスティバル（バングラデシュ, 2017年）、ジメイ・アルル国際フォトフェスティバル「Phantom Pain Clinic」 (中国, 2017年)、ブレダ・フォトフェスティバル「To Infinity and Beyond」(オランダ, 2018年)、PHOTO 2021「Not standing still: new approaches in documentary photography」(オーストラリア, 2021年)、KG+SELECT(日本, 2021年)など。
CV 履歴
Education 学歴
2000 - 2004 BA, Art Film, Tokyo Zokei University of Arts, Tokyo JAPAN
Solo Exhibitions 個展
2024 "Nagi", Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo JAPAN, Curated by Yumi Goto
2020 "Hiroshima Graph - Everlasting Flow", Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo JAPAN, Curated by Yumi Goto
2018 "Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo JAPAN, Curated by Yumi Goto
2016 "Red String", Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo JAPAN, Curated by Yumi Goto
2015 "Incipient Strangers", Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo JAPAN, Curated by Yumi Goto
2011 "Aftermath", Place M, Tokyo JAPAN
2010 "Area of Ocean “KAI-IKI”, Konica Minolta Plaza, Tokyo JAPAN
2008 "Area of Ocean “KAI-KU”, Place M, Tokyo JAPAN
Photo Festivals / Group Exhibitions フォトフェスティバル / グループ展
2022 "Red String", Lived Happily Ever After, Lived Happily Ever After, Everspring Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung TAIWAN, Curated by CHEN Yan-Cheng
"Hiroshima Graph - Everlasting Flow", Beirut Image Festival, Beirut LEBANON
"Code-186", The Port and the Image III, China Port Museum, Ningbo CHINA, Curated by He Yining
2021 "Hiroshima Graph - Everlasting Flow", KG+ SELECT 2021, Kyoto JAPAN
"Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", Not standing still: new approaches in documentary photography, PHOTO 2021, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
2018 "Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", To Infinity and Beyond, BredaPhoto Festival, Breda NETHERLANDS
"Red String", Pale Red Dot, Athens Photo Festival, VOID, Athens GREECE
"Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", THE SCRAP, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul KOREA
2017 "Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", NTU IPA Winners' Showcase, School of the Arts Art Gallery, SINGAPORE
"Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", Phantom Pain Clinic, Jimei × Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen CHINA, Curated by Chen Shen
"Red String", Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography, Dhaka BANGLADESH
2016 "Red String", Renaissance Photography Prize 2016, Getty Images Gallery, London UK
"Red String", LensCulture online exhibition, CONNECT, Curated by Aaron Schuman
"Red String", Map of Daily life, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Tianjin CHINA, Curated by Sujong Song
2015 "Red String", Map of Daily life, Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui Art Museum, Lishui CHINA, Curated by Sujong Song
"Incipient Strangers", Delhi Photo Festival 2015, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi INDIA
2011 "Area of Ocean", Onaeba in NY Selected Photographers 2011, 72Gallery, Tokyo JAPAN
"Area of Ocean", Intercambio De Miradas, PHotoEspaná 2011, Real Sociedad Fotográfica, Madrid SPAIN
"Area of Ocean", Onaeba in NY, New York Photo Festival, New York USA
Photobook Exhibitions 写真集展
2018 "Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", Tsuka: Contemporary Japanese Photography, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
"Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", The Reference #1: Asia Art Book Library, IANN, Seoul SOUTH KOREA
"Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", PHOTOBOOK AS OBJECT / PHOTOBOOK WHO CARES, Photobook / NZ, Wellington NEW ZEALAND
2017 "Red String", Photobook Phenomenon, Barcelona, SPAIN
2016 "Red String", Photobook Award and Show Maribor 2016, Maribor, SLOVENIA
"Incipient Strangers", Special Exhibition: Steidl Book Award Japan, The Tokyo Art Book Fair 2016, Tokyo JAPAN
"Red String", The 2016 Book Awards, The Rencontres d'Arles 2016, Arles FRANCE
"Red String", The Photobook Exhibition, Athens Photo Festival 2016, Benaki Museum, Athens GREECE
"Red String", The Best Photography Books of the Year, PHotoEspaña 2016, Spanish National Library, Madrid SPAIN
"Incipient Strangers", Nopx Artist’s book exhibition, NOPX, Torino ITALY
2015 "Incipient Strangers", Vincitori del Self Publishing Photolux Award 2015, Photolux Festival, Lucca ITALY
"Incipient Strangers", PHOTOBOOK OPEN CALL, GuatePhoto International Festival of Photography, Guatemala City GUATEMALA
"Incipient Strangers", Ping Pong: 30 Young photobooks vs. 30 Classics, la Mairie du 10e, Paris FRANCE, organized by MARIA INC.
"Incipient Strangers", THEBOOKSHOW Edition No.3, DECK, SINGAPORE
"Incipient Strangers", Dummy Award Kassel 2015, Fotobookfestival, Kassel GERMANY
"Red String", First book/dummy book 2015, Photobook Bristol, SouthBank Club, Bristol UK
"Incipient Strangers", The Photobook Show, Athens Photo Festival 2015, Benaki Museum, Athens GREECE
"Incipient Strangers", The Best Photography Books of the Year, PHotoEspaña 2015, Spanish National Library, Madrid SPAIN
"Incipient Strangers", The Indie Photobook Library / West Elm reading room, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Book Fair, Philadelphia USA, Curated by Larissa Leclair
"Incipient Strangers", BIND Photobook Exhibition, The Muse gallery, FOCUS Photography Festival, Mumbai INDIA
"Red String", New Japanese Photography, Doomed Gallery, London UK, Curated by SPACE CADET and STAY ALONE
2014 "Red String", Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards 2014, Grand Palais, Paris FRANCE
"Red String", Photobook Market, Encontros da Imagem, Braga PORTUGAL
"Red String", Photobook Exhibition, Filter Photo Festival 2014, Harrington College of Design, Chicago USA
"Red String", Mt.ROKKO ZINE & PHOTO BOOK COLLECTION 2014, Mt.Rokko International Photo Festival 2014, Kobe JAPAN
"Red String", INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix USA
Slideshows スライドショー
2017 "Red String", Snail on the Slope, GoaPhoto 2017, Goa INDIA, Curated by Anshika Varma
"Red String", ICP Presents LensCulture Emerging Talents, International Center of Photography Museum, New York USA
"Red String", Winners and finalists of 2016 LensCulture competitions
2016 "Red String", Judgement Of Line Orientation, OBSCURA Festival of Photography 2016, Penang MALAYSIA, Curated by Anshika Varma
"Red String", Evening Projections, Photonic Moments – Month of Photography Festival 2016, Ljubljana SLOVENIA
2015 "Red String", New Japanese Photography, Doomed Gallery, London UK, Curated by SPACE CADET and STAY ALONE
Awards 受賞
2020 "Hiroshima Graph - Everlasting Flow", Nominated, Kassel Dummy Award 2020
2019 "Hiroshima Graph - Everlasting Flow", Excellent – selected by He Yining, THE REFERENCE ASIA: PHOTO PRIZE 2019
2018 "Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children" book, Winner, The Anamorphosis Prize
2017 "Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", Second Prize (Open Series Category), NTU International Photography Awards 2017
"Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", Nominated, Prix Pictet Japan Award
2016 "Red String", Jurors’ Pick by Michael Famighetti (Editor, Aperture Magazine), LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2016
"Red String" book, Nominated, 2016 Lucie Awards for Book Publisher of the Year: Limited and Special Edition
"Red String" book, Special Mention, Photobook Award Maribor
"Red String", Finalist, Photolucida Critical Mass 2016
"Red String", Finalist, Renaissance Photography Prize 2016
"Red String" book, Nominated, The Author Book Award, The Rencontres d'Arles 2016
"Red String", Nominated, Evening Projections open call in frames of Photonic Moments – Month of Photography festival 2016
"Red String" book, Jury Special Mention by John Phelan, The Anamorphosis Prize
2015 "Incipient Strangers" book, Winner, Unveil'd Photobook Award 2015
"Incipient Strangers" book, Winner, Self Publishing PHOTOLUX Award 2015
"Incipient Strangers" book, Nominated, PHOTOBOOK OPEN CALL, GuatePhoto International Festival of Photography
"Incipient Strangers" book, Winner, Nopx Artist’s book contest
"Incipient Strangers" book, Nominated, Kassel Dummy Award 2015
"Incipient Strangers" book, Nominated, PHotoEspaña 2015 Best Photography Book of the Year Award for Best Self-Publishing Photobooks Category
2014 "Red String" book, Nominated, Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards 2014 for First Photobook Prize
"Red String" book, Juror's choice award by Gregory Harris (Curator, DePaul Art Museum), Photobook Exhibition, Filter Photo Festival 2014
"Red String" book, Winner, Photobook Market, Encontros da Imagem 2014
"Red String" book, Honorable mention, International Photography Awards 2014
Books 書籍
2017 "Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", Self-Published
2016 "Red String" trade edition", ceiba
2015 "Incipient Strangers", Self-Published
2014 "Red String" original hand-made edition", Self-Published
Paper Publications 掲載誌
2019 "Hiroshima Graph - Everlasting Flow", Abridged 0_404: Delete
"Red String" and "Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children" book, VOSTOK, Article by Sujong Song
2017 "Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children" 中国新聞 Chugoku Shimbun
"Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children" book, IMA vol.22, Memories of 7 Sights Toured through Photobooks
"Red String", The Best of LensCulture Vol.1
"Red String" book, BKN Magazine Issue 4: Intimacy
"Red String" and "Incipient Strangers", terrra firma magazine issue. 04
"Red String" book, Fotografi, Text by Kristin Skåmedal
2016 "Red String" book, 2010s photobooks guide, 美術手帖 Bijutsu Techo Magazine September issue, Text by Takiko Nishiki (POST/ limArt), Edit by Sayuri Kobayashi
"Red String", Photographer's FORUM Magazine, Japanese Photographie, Contributed by Marc Prust
"Red String", IMA English Edition Vol.1, From the casual to the conceptual: Appropriation in Japanese photography, contributed by Marc Feustel
"Red String" and "Incipient Strangers" book, Voices of Photography Issue.17
2015 "Incipient Strangers" book, Voices of Photography Issue.16, Bookmark, Reviewed by Lili Chien
"Incipient Strangers" book, Photofile Vol 97, The photobook issue, Reviewed by Daniel Boetker-Smith
"Red String" book, IMA vol.12, Editor's Choice
2014 "Red String" book, PHaT PHOTO vol.83
Online Publications オンライン掲載
2021 "Hiroshima Graph - Everlasting Flow", Fisheye Magazine
2020 "Hiroshima Graph - Everlasting Flow", PHOTOBOOKSTORE UK: PHOTOBOOKS OF 2020, Gabriela Cendoya
"Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", OBSCURA Magazine
"Hiroshima Graph - Everlasting Flow", interview, Reference Asia
2019 "Red String", CADA DÍA UN FOTÓGRAFO / FOTÓGRAFOS EN LA RED
2018 "Red String", Yogurt Magazine
"Red String", Le conseguenze dell’amore (finito), Pagina99
2017 "Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", 假杂志 Jiazazhi Press
"Red String", Intimate Structures
"Red String", Dodho Magazine
"Red String", Edge of Humanity Magazine
"Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", LensCulture
"Red String", 10 highlights from Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography 2017, Dhaka, Art Radar
"Red String" book, Meet the Collective Celebrating Asian-Pacific Photography, Amuse, written by Elias Redstone
2016 "Red String" book, Selected by David Alan Harvey (Magnum Photographer, Founder, Burn Magazine) LensCulture 2016 Photobooks of the Year: 32 Personal Favorites
"Red String" book, Source Photographic Review, Issue #88 The Photobook Issue, The Greatest Photobooks of All Time
"Red String", Invisible Photographer Asia
"Red String" book, Reminders Photobook Review #27, written by Kazuhiko Matsumura
"Red String" book, #OutNow Vol. 8 – Six Best New Photobooks You Should Know, Fotografia Magazine, Selected by Martin Amis
"Red String" book, Bookshelf Picks – January to March 2016, PhotobookStore Magazine, Selected by Martin Amis
"Incipient Strangers", Landscape Stories "JAPAN" issue, curated by 3/3
2015 "Incipient Strangers", Portfolios, GUP Magazine
"Incipient Strangers" book, photo-eye blog, Book of the Week, Reviewed by Daniel Boetker-Smith
"Red String" book, Phosmag, Red String
"Incipient Strangers", Emaho Magazine
"Red String" book, Selected" book, The Ultimate List of 2014 Best Photobooks, Fotografia Magazine
2014 "Red String" book, LensCulture, Reviewed by Alexander Strecker
"Red String" book, Selected, LensCulture Editor's - 2014 Photobooks of the Year
"Red String" book, Selected by Hisako Motoo (Independent Curator and Editor), EMAHO Picks the Most Interesting Photobooks 2014
"Red String" book, Selected by Larissa Leclair (Founder, Indie Photobook Library), TIME Picks the Best Photobooks of 2014
"Red String", Emaho Magazine
"Red String" book, IMA ONLINE
"Red String" book, Darwin Magazine, Photobook Month, Reviewed by Harry Rose
Interviews インタビュー
2021 "Hiroshima Graph", 中国新聞 Chugoku Shimbun
2020 "Hiroshima Graph - Rabbits abandon their children", OBSCURA Magazine
2018 TSUKA 塚, Kristian Haggblom and James Bugg
2016 Voices of Photography Issue.17, Lili Chien
ceiba, Candy Pilar Godoy
2015 Photobook Melbourne, Sophie Pigram
Collections 収蔵
San Telmo Museum "Gabriela Cendoya Bergareche Collection" San Telmo, Spain
Seattle Art Museum Libraries: Dorothy Stimson Bullitt Library; McCaw Foundation Library, Seattle, WA United States
Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Bibliothek, München, Germany
Northeastern University: Snell Library, Boston, MA United States
Tufts University - Tisch Library, Medford, MA United States
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Thomas J. Watson Library, New York, NY United States
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Hirsch Library, Houston, TX United States
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, NY United States
Tate Library and Archive, London, United Kingdom
Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City Mexico
National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum London, United Kingdom
Lightbox攝影圖書室, Taipei Taiwan
Massey University Library, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Center, Xiamen China
Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc., New York United States
DECK, Singapore
kaitak, Centre for Research and Development in Visual Arts, Hong Kong
Pathshala South Asian Media Institute Library, Dhaka BANGLADESH
Lectures & Presentations 講義・プレゼンテーション
2017 Talk, "Photography, history and memory", Jimei Arles International Photo Festival 2017, Moderator: Tang Zehui
Pecha Kucha Night Xiamen Vol.8, Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Center
The panel discussion, “Building a community through Photobook Club's” Talk with Daniel Donnelly, Chobi Mela IX, Pathshala South Asian Media Institute
2016 Lecture, PHOTO MATTERS: BOOK AND PRINT FESTIVAL 2016, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Kyoto Dummy Book Workshop, Kyoto JAPAN
2015 Lecture, ’About handmade photobooks' at GalleryMain, Kyoto JAPAN
Lecture and photobook making workshop, SapporoPhoto, Hokkaido JAPAN
Artist talk, Delhi Photo Festival, Delhi INDIA
Lecture, 'Photobook meeting - Irina Werning ☓ Yoshikatsu Fujii', Tokyo Institute of Photography, Tokyo JAPAN
2014 Lecture, Book Marute, Kagawa JAPAN
Guest-speaker, 'Photobook and Self Publishing', Yokohama Creativecity Center, Kanagawa JAPAN
Contribute to 'Dummy book awards' on PHaT PHOTO vol.83
Lecture, 'How to enjoy photobook?', Tokyo Institute of Photography, Tokyo JAPAN
2013 Nominate and Contribute to '10×10 American Photobooks Official Catalogue'