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Edition 61 (2011) award
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Edition 71 (2021) award
Yuki Onodera
おのでら ゆき
Yuki Onodera
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1962-01-01 (Tokyo, Japan)
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan → Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- photographer
- Active Years
- 1992-
- Influenced By
- Keiichi Tahara
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwasawa Design Institute | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1st Canon Photo New Century — Excellence Award | — | — | Canon | Winner |
| 1996 | 21st Photography Critics' Award — KODAK Jury Special Prize | — | — | Photography Critics' Award | Winner |
| 2001 | 17th Higashikawa Prize — New Photographer Award | — | — | Higashikawa Prize | Winner |
| 2002 | Japan Photographic Society Newcomer Award | — | — | Japan Photographic Society | Winner |
| 2003 | 28th Kimura Ihei Photography Award | Camera Chimera | — | Kimura Ihei Photography Award | Winner |
| 2006 | Nicéphore Niépce Prize | — | — | Nicéphore Niépce Prize | Winner |
| 2011 | Art Encouragement Prize (Minister of MEXT) — for the exhibition 'Yuki Onodera: Into the Labyrinth of Photography' | Yuki Onodera: Into the Labyrinth of Photography | — | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Art Encouragement Prize) | Winner |
| 2011 | 27th Higashikawa Prize — Domestic Photographer Award | — | — | Higashikawa Prize | Winner |
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Camera Chimera
2003 photobookA photobook compiling works made with box cameras and experimental techniques, exploring visual illusion and layered imagery.
How to Make Pearls
photographic seriesA series of crowd photographs taken by placing marbles inside a box camera; uses chance and visual interference to question boundaries between the individual and the crowd.
Portraits of Vintage Clothes
photographic seriesA series photographing vintage clothes against the sky; creates portrait-like images without people that evoke time and memory.
Roma‑Roma
stereo photography seriesA series photographing two towns of the same name in Sweden and Spain using the left and right lenses of a stereo camera; addresses overlapping place-names and shifts in vision.
Bibliography
- Camera Chimera (2003)
- How to Make Pearls
- Roma‑Roma
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental photographic techniquesminimalist compositionemphasis on manipulation of vision
- Recurring Motifs
- vintage clothingskymarblesbox cameracrowdsstereoscopic vision
Legacy
Since the 1990s she has developed a distinctive visual language, receiving high acclaim in Japan and abroad; she has won multiple major photography awards and achieved international recognition.
Archives
- Yuki Onodera official website (yukionodera.fr)
- Public Image interview archive
Trivia
- Moved base to Paris in 1993.
- Uses experimental techniques such as placing marbles inside a box camera to photograph crowds.
- One of the few Japanese photographers to win the Nicéphore Niépce Prize.
- Official website: yukionodera.fr