Megumi Otsuka
She was born in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan and moved to Tokyo in 2002. She started taking snapshots of the city of Tokyo with monochrome film around 2003 and her first photobook titled "TOKYO" was published in 2012. The series was published in the Japanese leading camera magazines, "Asahi Camera" and "Nippon Camera". And in 2014, her second photobook titled "IBIZA" was published, featuring monochrome photographs she took at clubs in Ibiza.
Whenever taking photos on the streets, She focuses on anticipating people's movements in a few seconds and capturing the decisive moments shaped by them. She also tries to reflect the inner states of people such as joy, enjoyment, sorrow, suffering and emptiness.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Millepiani, Rome, Italy : Windows into the Virtual (juried group exhibition), Feb.16-24
Millepiani, Rome, Italy : Post-Industrialism (juried group exhibition), Jan.28-Feb.5
Current Exhibitions
Millepiani, Rome, Italy : The Man and The Machine (juried group exhibition),
Nov.27-Dec.3 during Nov.10-Dec.3
The places that carry the above photobooks
Shinshin Bldg. 3F, 1-3-5, Shinjuku,
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0022, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3358-3974
Email: sokyusha@yahoo.co.jp
220 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94118
Kunstkiosk im Helmhaus
Limmatquai 31, CH-8001, Zurich
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<Exhibitions>
Millepiani, Rome, Italy : The Man and The Machine (juried group exhibition), 2020
PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary : Motion (juried group exhibition), 2020
KromArt Gallery , Rome, Italy : The Art of Photography (juried group exhibition hosted by PH21 Gallery), 2020
Black Box Gallery, Portland, USA : Dynamic: Shadow and Light (juried group exhibition), 2020
Black Box Gallery, Portland, USA : Vision: Black and White (juried group exhibition, online annex), 2020
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, USA : The Shadow Aspect (juried group exhibition), 2020
Sokyusha Gallery, Tokyo, Japan : Untitled (solo exhibition), 2008
Café gallery huit, Tokyo, Japan : Time Doesn't Stop (solo exhibition), 2006
Café gallery huit, Tokyo, Japan : Untitled (solo exhibition), 2005
Golden-gai Kodoji, Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo (solo exhibition), 2005
<Awards>
Honorable Mention, New York Center for Photographic Art, Street Photography Competition, 2020
Honorable Mention, 15th Pollux Awards, Non-Professional Section, Street Photography Category (Single), 2020
Honorable Mention, MonoVisions Photography Awards, Street Photography Category (Series), 2020
Finalist, Passepartout Photography Prize, 2020
<Publications>
IBIZA (photobook), Sokyusha, Japan, 2014
TOKYO (photobook), Sokyusha, Japan, 2012
Nippon Camera : Tokyo (magazine), Japan, 2006, 2012
Asahi Camera : Tokyo (magazine), Japan, 2008