Asako Narahashi

author · photographer

Japanese^[1] b. 1959, Tokyo^[1] active 1989–present

Asako Narahashi is a Japanese photographer based in Tokyo. She began her career after graduating from the Faculty of Literature at Waseda University in 1989. She is recognized for her distinctive photographic style, which often involves shooting from offshore locations to create unique perspectives on the relationship between land, water, and sky. In 1990, she founded the independent gallery 03FOTOS to showcase her own work. She co-founded the photography magazine 'Main' in 1996. Narahashi has exhibited her work internationally, including in Switzerland, the United States, and Japan. Her publications include several acclaimed photobooks, most notably 'NU·E' (1997), which was a compilation of her 'NU-E' series shown in numerous exhibitions between 1992 and 1997.^[1,2,3,4,5]

land and water
offshore photography
Japanese landscapes

Works by Asako Narahashi

1997 NU·E Sohkyu-Sha & Mole · book · Japanese, English · ISBN 4938628279 First photobook
2004 Funiculi Funicula book · ISBN 978-4-902137-24-8 Consisting of color snapshots
2007 Half Awake Half Asleep in the Water Nazraeli Press · book · English · ISBN 978-1-59005-215-0
2013 Ever After Osiris · book · Japanese · ISBN 978-4-905254-02-7
2018 Gips book · ISBN 978-4-905254-08-9
2023 Dawn in Spring book · ISBN 978-4-905254-12-6

Exhibitions

2016 half awake and half asleep in the water Festival Images Vevey, Vevey · solo
2009 Coming Closer and Getting Further Away Tokyo Art Museum, Tokyo · solo
2008 half awake and half asleep in the water Yossi Milo Gallery, New York · solo

References

Asako Narahashi link
Eerie Photos of Japan's Coast. TIME. 2014 link
Narahashi, Asako. San Francisco Museum of Art link
NARAHASHI, Asako. Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art link
Main—An Independent Magazine by Two Photographers. Goliga Books. 2019 link