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Ryudai Takano

たかの りゅうだい

Takano Ryudai

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Fukui Prefecture, Japan → Tokyo, Japan

Career

Occupations
Photographer, University professor
Active Years
1987-
Affiliations
Tokyo Zokei University
Influenced By
Michelangelo, Petter Hegre

Education

Waseda University
School of Political Science and Economics / Department of Economics
Degree: 学士（経済学）
Period: 1983-1987
Year of Graduation: 1987
Country: Japan
Member of the student theatre group 'Teatro 50'' (10th class)
Photography School CORPUS
Period: 1993
Year of Graduation: 1993
Country: Japan
Completed 5th term

Awards

Kimura Ihei Award
2006
Work: In My Room
Category: 写真集
Result: 受賞
Art Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education Award)
2021
Category: 写真
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

In My Room

2005 Photobook

A photobook capturing male nudes and corporeality in intimate spaces, exploring themes of gender and sexuality.

GenderThe bodyNude

The Transformation of Everyday Life

2004 Exhibition catalogue / Photobook

Exhibition catalogue for the Gunma Museum of Modern Art that collects photographs examining transformations of everyday scenes.

Everyday lifeTransformationObservation

Kasubaba

2011 Photobook

A personal photobook probing the relationship between everyday life and the body, layering fragments to depict intimacy and distance.

Everyday lifeThe bodyFragments

String and Coke - Takamatsu Jiro of Dazaifu -

2014 Photobook

A work that explores intersections of photography and narrative through subjects related to Dazaifu; the title uses metaphorical references to materials and relations.

NarrativityLocalityObjects

When the Loss of Light Reaches the Ground: Distance Is Taken and Distance Is Born

2016 Photobook

An experimental photobook about light, shadow and sense of distance; it captures everyday details while unsettling the viewer's sense of proximity.

LightShadowDistance

Everyday Photographs

2019 Photobook / Collection

A collection compiling the accumulation from his daily-photograph project begun in 1998; emphasizes continuity and experimental approaches to everyday recording.

Everyday lifeContinuityExperimental practice

Bibliography

  • Everyday Photographs (Nanaroku-sha, 2019)
  • When the Loss of Light Reaches the Ground: Distance Is Taken and Distance Is Born (Edition Nord, 2016)
  • String and Coke - Takamatsu Jiro of Dazaifu - (Seidosha, 2014)
  • Kasubaba (Yamato Press, 2011)
  • In My Room (Sokyusha, 2005)
  • The Transformation of Everyday Life (Gunma Museum of Modern Art, 2004)
  • Groping for a Kiss: Contemporary Japanese Photography (Tankosha, 2000)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Observational and experimental photographic approachA focus on intersections of everyday life and corporealityLayering of fragmentary images
Recurring Motifs
Male nudesShadowsFragments of the bodyDomestic interiors

Legacy

A contemporary Japanese photographer recognized for work exploring gender and corporeality. Also active as an educator, he has gained recognition through exhibitions and awards domestically and internationally.

Museums

  • Tokyo Photographic Art Museum Tokyo, Japan
  • National Museum of Art, Osaka Osaka, Japan

Trivia

  • Since 1998 he has maintained a self-imposed project of taking a photograph every day (the "daily photographs").
  • In 2006 he received the 31st Kimura Ihei Award for the photobook 'In My Room' (some sources list it as fiscal 2005).
  • In 2014 some works in an exhibition at Aichi Prefectural Museum were judged obscene by the prefectural police, prompting the museum to take measures.
  • In 2018 he participated in FANZA's group exhibition project 'Find Your Fantasy'.