Kazumi Kurigami

photographer

Japanese b. 1936, Furara, Hokkaido, Japan^[1] active 1960–present

Kazumi Kurigami is a Japanese photographer born in 1936 in Furara, Hokkaido. He graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography and began his photographic practice in 1960. His work often explores abstract themes, landscapes, and portraits, gaining international recognition with publications such as 'Alternates' (Rizzoli, 1984). Over a career spanning more than half a century, he has exhibited extensively in Japan and internationally, focusing on the interplay of light, time, and existence. His bibliography includes numerous photobooks documenting various subjects ranging from portraits to northern landscapes.^[1]

abstract photography
landscapes
portraits
time
light

Books

Alternates
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Works by Kazumi Kurigami

1981 SADAO Kodansha · book · Japanese
1982 Keiko Sekine PICTORIAL Shueisha · book · Japanese
1983 ALTERNATES Seibundo Shinkosha · book · Japanese Japanese edition
1984 ALTERNATES Rizzoli International Publications · book · English · ISBN 0847805328 International edition
1984 Swimming People Fuyuki-sha · book · Japanese
1984 Yoh to Hone Parco Publishing · book · Japanese
1989 KAZUMI KURIGAMI PHOTOGRAPHS-CRUSH Fusosha · book · Japanese
2000 Shinsei ICHIKAWA Shinnosuke Shinsei Ichikawa Shinnosuke · book · Japanese
2001 NAGASAKU BOXX (Hiromi Nagasaku) Shinchosha · book · Japanese
2002 SOUDAIN, l'ete dernier - Last summer suddenly (Yoko Yamamoto) Chuokoron Shinsha · book · Japanese
2002 NORTHERN - Northern Landscape Switch Publishing · book · English
2003 Nakamura Shichinosuke Asahi Shimbun · book · Japanese
2003 Nakamura Kantaro Asahi Shimbun · book · Japanese
2003 SHINNOSUKE (Shinnosuke Ichikawa) Wani Books · book · Japanese
2005 Diary 1970-2005 Tokyo Publishing House · book · Japanese
2009 FACE EIKICHI YAZAWA 2006-2009 Kadokawa Shoten · book · Japanese
2015 SELF PORTRAIT BEAMS Inc. · book · Japanese
2016 DEDICATED Akaasha · book · Japanese
2023 50,50 FIFTY GENTLEMEN OF EYEVAN book · Japanese

Exhibitions

1975 SKY CAMEL Heart Art, Tokyo · solo
1977 ONE DAY ONE SHOW Tokyo Designers Space · solo
1980 Hana-kei Tokyo Designers Space · solo
1984 Sun and Bone Parco Part 1, Tokyo · solo
1989 Photographis Eye of Desire ggg, Tokyo · solo
1989 KAZUMI KURIGAMI PHOTOGRAPHS-CRUSH Hara Museum, Tokyo · solo
1992 RobertFrank Migration Shigeru Yokoo Gallery, Tokyo · solo
2000 Time Tunnel Series Vol.12: Photographer Kazumi Kurigami solo
2000 Big Time Epsite, Tokyo · solo
2001 Time Tunnel Series Vol. 12: Photographer Kazumi Kurigami solo
2002 The World of Kazumi Kurigami the Photographer Furano City Lifelong Learning Centre · solo
2002 NORTHERN Epsite, Tokyo · solo
2002 Landscape passage Shigeru Yokota Gallery, Tokyo · solo
2004 NORTHERN Northern Landscape JCII PHOTO SALON, Tokyo · solo
2009 Diary Leica Ginza Store, Tokyo · solo
2011 Sun and Bone II taka ishii gallery, Tokyo · solo
2012 Kazumi Kurigami - Portraits of Time: Time on the verge of a nostalgic existence. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo · solo
2012 a trip in death at my house Impossible project space, Tokyo · solo
2012 Man's dominant hand IDOL · solo
2015 SELF PORTRAIT B Gallery, Tokyo · solo
2016 Lonesome Day Blues Canon Gallery S · solo
2016 DEDICATED - Yasuyuki Suto art space AM · solo
2016 Kazumi Kurigami x Hiroko Koshino KH Gallery Ginza · solo
2023 50,50 FIFTY GENTLEMEN OF EYEVAN solo
2013 PORTRAIT Gallery 916 · solo
2013 Nobuyoshi Araki x Kazumi Kurigami Mirror of Utsusemi: Ship of Time and Space - Self, Dream, Shadow Manyo Culture Museum, Nara · solo
1978 Palm Tree Palm Tree Isetan, Tokyo · group
1991 Transart '91 FATHER ON THE TABLE ggg, Tokyo · group

References

Kazumi KURIGAMI. shashasha. 2026 link