Japanese / English
Bring your story to the light of day
RESERVATION REQUIRED
- 2026.5.3
- 10:00–17:00
Hachiku-an (Former Kawasaki Residence) 2F Western-style room
© Atsushi Fukushima
Photographer Atsushi Fukushima turns his own life into his subject, approaching it consistently from a first-person, deeply subjective perspective. Rather than entering the lives of others as an observer, his work emerges from an inward gaze, one that reveals a candor and raw immediacy accessible only to the artist himself. Fukushima describes his process as “extremely simple and something anyone can practice,” grounded in his belief that photography can deepen self-expression and self-understanding.
In this masterclass, participants will explore how to visually articulate affirmation, doubt, accusation, and revelation directed toward the self, forms of expression that extend beyond what is typically described as shishashin (the “I-photograph”). Designed for photographers already documenting the margins of their own lives, the class invites them to consider and experiment with how narratives shaped through subjective experience can be translated and communicated to others through editing, sequencing and verbalising.
In this masterclass, participants will explore how to visually articulate affirmation, doubt, accusation, and revelation directed toward the self, forms of expression that extend beyond what is typically described as shishashin (the “I-photograph”). Designed for photographers already documenting the margins of their own lives, the class invites them to consider and experiment with how narratives shaped through subjective experience can be translated and communicated to others through editing, sequencing and verbalising.
- Important Notice
- To apply & enquiries, please contact: [email protected]
Lecturer Lecturer
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Atsushi Fukushima
After graduating from the Department of Photography at Osaka University of Arts, he worked as a delivery driver for a meal service catering exclusively to elderly people. For ten years, he delivered lunchboxes to seniors living alone while photographing their lives. His 2019 project I Deliver Meals to the Elderly Who Live Alone won the Grand Prize at the KG＋SELECT Award. In 2020, the work was presented as part of the KYOTOGRAPHIE main program, followed by a photobook publication with Seigensha in 2021.
Since 2018, he has also worked in agriculture, photographing the intense summer harvest season while exploring the relationship between people and nature. His presentation at KYOTOGRAPHIE marks his first large-scale exhibition of this body of work. In 2022, he walked the length of Japan from Okinawa to Hokkaido, photographing the people he encountered along the way in a project centered on communication, which is currently in development.
Guided by the belief that living is both powerful and beautiful, he continues to create work rooted in direct human experience.
Date 日時
2026.5.310:00–17:00
Venue 会場
Hachiku-an (Former Kawasaki Residence) 2F Western-style room
- Address
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340 Sanjyo-cho Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
- Access
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Subway Karasuma or Tozai Lines ""Karasuma Oike"" station, 5 min on foot from Exit 6
Subway Karasuma Line ""Shijo"" station or Hankyu ""Karasuma"" station, 8 min on foot from Exit 22 or 24
Fees 料金
15,000 円