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 published a photobook titled "TOKYO" in 2012. The series was published in the Japanese leading camera magazines, "Asahi Camera" and "Nippon Camera". She also published a photobook titled "IBIZA" in 2014, 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 : The Man and The Machine
(juried group exhibition), Nov.27-Dec.3 during Nov.10-Dec.3
Current Exhibitions
PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary : Motion
(juried group exhibition), Oct.22-Nov.14
KromArt Gallery , Rome, Italy : The Art of Photography
(juried group exhibition hosted by PH21 Gallery), Oct.9-30
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The places that carry the above photobooks
Sokyusya Gallery (Tokyo)
Shinshin Bldg. 3F, 1-3-5, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo, 160-0022, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3358-3974
Email: sokyusha@yahoo.co.jp
Park Life Store and Gallery (San Francisco)
220 Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
Kunstkiosk im Helmhaus (Zurich)
Limmatquai 31
CH-8001 Zurich
<Exhibitions>
Black Box Gallery, Portland, USA : Dynamic: Shadow and Light
(juried group exhibition), October 2020
Black Box Gallery, Portland, USA : Vision: Black and White
(juried group exhibition, online annex), August 2020
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, USA : The Shadow Aspect
(juried group exhibition), July 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>
New York Center for Photographic Art,
Honorable Mention in Street Photography Competition, 2020
The WorldWide Photography Gala Awards,
15th Pollux Non-Professional Section,
Honorable Mention in Street Photography Category (Single), 2020
MonoVisions Photography Awards,
Honorable Mention in Street Photography Category (Series), 2020
Passepartout Photography Prize, Finalist, 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