{"id":71975,"date":"2023-04-14T15:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T06:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/?p=71975"},"modified":"2023-04-14T15:57:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T06:57:48","slug":"rinko-kawauchi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/en\/rinko-kawauchi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rinko Kawauchi\u2019s way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u201cI had a point and shoot camera when I was in high school. On my school trip we visited IKI island. I usually snapped photographs of my friends, but it was the first time I photographed the sea and landscape. The pictures came out horrible and I was disappointed. I remember this frustration very well.\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While at university studying graphic design, Rinko took a photography course and learned for the first time how to print photographs in the darkroom. She enjoyed the printing process immensely and the mix of both creativity and craft drew her deeper and deeper into the world of photography. Of course, it took time and practice to get a grasp of the craft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduation she didn\u2019t want her parents to pay for her to further her education and so she decided to join a design firm with a photography department in Osaka. This she calculated would allow her to earn money and to continue to pursue her interest in photography. At the time she was the first female to join the photography department in 20 years. On her first day one of her fellow club members bellowed out,&nbsp;<em>\u201cwho hired a female?\u201d.<\/em>&nbsp;It sounds totally out of touch today, but 30 years ago photography in Japan was still very much influenced by men. However, with a bit of time, learning and respect it turned out well and soon the club came together as one happy entity. She was completely focused on photography, and she just wanted to work hard so that she could take better photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cI always felt the urgency to quickly become independent. Growing up my parents were not wealthy, and I wanted financial independence as quickly as possible. I thought to gain my independence via working not as a salary person, but by gaining a personal skill that would keep me employed, perhaps photography. Yet, my job at the time was all product photography, which was boring. Shooting packages and beer products was not my thing. But learning how to use a camera was fun. I never thought I would be able to live as an artist. I knew famous photographers had photo books but that is not enough to make a living\u2026 so I had no idea in what direction to head. Still, I continued with photography and gradually learned the skills and gained the insights needed to become a professional.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2B2A2635_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2B2A2635_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2B2A2635_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2B2A2635_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2B2A2635_01.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rinko Kawauchi exhibits around the world and is one of the most renowned Japanese photographers of her generation. Her groundbreaking trilogy of photobooks \u201cUtatane\u201d, \u201cHanako\u201d and \u201cHanabi\u201d won the Ihei Kimura Prize in 2002 and since then she has received been honored repeatedly for her talents. Gerry Badger, the writer, and historian wrote along with photographer Martin Parr in the \u201cThe Photobook History<em>\u201d<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&#8211; Just when it seems that everything has been photographed in every possibly way, along comes a photographer whose work is so original that the medium is renewed. &#8211;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2B2A2668_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2B2A2668_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2B2A2668_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2B2A2668_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2B2A2668_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rinko grew up reading fairy tales by Satoru Sato. The stories are about miniaturized people. Even though they don\u2019t really exist they were written realistically, and the five-volume series has been a base for her ever since and taught her that there are many things in the world that you simply cannot see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cIt&nbsp;might seem contradicting that in photography, you photograph things you see\u2026. but I had the desire to photograph and see things that are invisible to the eye.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another writer that influenced Rinko was the novelist, Banana Yoshimoto. She read all of her books. The delicate nature of her work and the way the boundaries of life and death&nbsp;were expressed deeply interested Rinko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns cols-image is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Illuminance043_01-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Illuminance043_01-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Illuminance043_01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Illuminance043_01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Illuminance043_01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Illuminance043_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rinko Kawauchi photobook<em>: illuminance<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Illuminance044_01-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Illuminance044_01-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Illuminance044_01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Illuminance044_01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Illuminance044_01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Illuminance044_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rinko Kawauchi photobook<em>: illuminance<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cPhotography is trial, and error and it never ends and that is why you continue. I think this is something that will remain till you die. I think if you are satisfied then its over. I am not satisfied yet\u2026. I think photography is also a documentary of the self. So, it doesn\u2019t really stop till you stop. I am grateful that I can make a living as a photographer for me it is both financially sustainable as well as physically and mentally fulfilling.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns cols-image is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Utatane2001_01-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Utatane2001_01-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Utatane2001_01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Utatane2001_01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Utatane2001_01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Utatane2001_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rinko Kawauchi photobook:&nbsp;<em>Utatane<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/utatane126_01-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/utatane126_01-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/utatane126_01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/utatane126_01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/utatane126_01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/utatane126_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rinko Kawauchi photobook:&nbsp;<em>Utatane<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The art world has welcomed more and more minorities in recent years, Rinko feels grateful that as a female Asian she is able to receive so much attention. There is obviously more to be done but she thanks her mother\u2019s generation, without the work they have done, she would not be able to do what she does.<strong><em><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/em><\/strong>Another thing that has been on Rinko\u2019s mind recently as she splits time between more rural Chiba and Tokyo is mother earths deteriorating environment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cI was single, working to grow my career and lived alone for a long time. Under these conditions living in a more rural area of Japan wasn\u2019t a realistic choice. But now with a partner and child and being able to live at a slower pace this small dream of living between the country and the city has become a reality. As a parent, I worry about the future. I am not the type of person who expresses societal and environmental problems in a blatant manner through my work.&nbsp;&nbsp;But recently these issues have organically drifted into my projects. My new project is M\/E it comes from mother \/ earth, and it connects to ME. I wasn\u2019t thinking in such scale, but I was thinking about the environment in which I live in. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We all live amongst the stars, and we have these conflicts, and we are destroying our environment. It\u2019s easy to be carried away when ones busy and not pay attention to the damage we\u2019re creating to the earth. So, I made the decision to try to share these feelings with the hope of shedding light on the environment via my work and perhaps come to some collective understanding.&nbsp;&nbsp;I want to think of the environment and the earth as themes to explore in my photography. I am not an activist that\u2019s a whole different approach.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns cols-image is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/213_01-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/213_01-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/213_01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/213_01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/213_01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/213_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rinko Kawauchi photobook :&nbsp;<em>cui cui<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/110n_01-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/110n_01-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/110n_01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/110n_01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/110n_01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/papersky.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/110n_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rinko Kawauchi photobook :&nbsp;<em>cui cui<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>People from different parts of the world can sense through the light, climate or seasons that are expressed in Rinko`s photographs that they are taken from her native land Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cI think people recognize my work to be Japanese. It\u2019s not something I am consciously aware of but it\u2019s captured in the images. I try to instill a sense of tradition and Japanese culture in my daughter. For example, before meals we say the word \u201citadakimasu\u201d bon appetite. It\u2019s a beautiful word that come from Buddhist traditions \u201ca gratitude for food\u201d\u2026. I also would like my daughter to truly understand the meaning or our great wealth of Japanese seasons. If she doesn\u2019t live in Japan in the future, I want her to be proud of these things. I want to teach her how to properly use chopsticks as well as give her the opportunity to experience creating traditional new year\u2019s dinners. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"last\"><strong>Today most people don\u2019t make <em>\u201cOsechi\u201d <\/em>anymore. My mother still makes everything from scratch so I would like to inherit it as much as possible. I think all these traditions and customs are acknowledgments showing a sense of existence and harmony with nature. I think that\u2019s beautiful.<strong>\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yasuyukitakagi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yasuyuki Takagi<\/a><\/strong><br>Yasuyuki Takagi is a photographer \/ director born in Tokyo, Japan. He studied Media Arts at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.He has&nbsp;published photo books \u201c\u5c0f\u3055\u306a\u6df1\u3044\u68ee&nbsp;Petite Foret Profonde\u201d and \u201d\u690d\u6728 UEKI\u201d&nbsp;both from France and his latest project \u201c\u30de\u30ed\u30cb\u30a8 Marronnier\u201d was shortlisted at the 50th ARLES international&nbsp;photography festival.&nbsp;His directing works includes: \u201cHow to be like Tom Sachs\u201d \u201cA portrait of a Place: Arakicho\u201d amongst others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u3000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":72143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[119,117],"tags":[3517,5850,3856,5849,4654],"place":[206,133],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-71975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-guides-en","category-culture-en","tag-artist","tag-photograph","tag-photographer","tag-rinko-kawauchi","tag-yasuyuki-takagi","place-chiba-en","place-tokyo-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Rinko Kawauchi\u2019s way - PAPERSKY<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While at university studying graphic design, Rinko took a photography course and learned for the first time how to print photographs in the darkroom. 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