Osamu Kanemura
photographer
Osamu Kanemura is a Japanese photographer and artist based in Tokyo. Born in the suburb of Koenji in 1964, he began his career in black and white film photography, focusing on urban landscapes since 1992. He studied at the Image Forum Film Institute and later graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography in 1993. His work is characterized by a dense, graphically complex portrayal of the modern metropolis, often capturing the intricate networks of wires, infrastructure, and architectural collisions that define Japanese cities like Tokyo. Kanemura has received numerous accolades, including the New Photographer Prize from the Photographic Society of Japan (1997) and the Ken Domon Prize (2000). His photobooks are noted for their silvery, 'spidery' aesthetic and have been featured in international exhibitions.[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
- urban landscape
- metropolis
- infrastructure
- Tokyo
Books
-
Spider's Strategy€197.00
Works by Osamu Kanemura
- Skeleton Goats Dust Storms
- Gate Hack Eden
- Concrete Octopus Special Edition
- Concrete Octopus
- Suzy Cream Oil Cheese
- German Suplex
- Sha Shin Magazine Vol. 1
- ECTOPLASM PROFILING
- Happiness is a Red before Exploding
- 2001 Spider's Strategy Includes an essay by Arata Isozaki and design by Yukimasa Okumura.
- Medeia 2.0 Issue 03: Osamu Kanemura
- Tombstone Pile Driver
Exhibitions
- Spider's Strategy
Awards
- 1997 New Photographer Prize, the Photographic Society of Japan Award
- 1997 New Photographer Prize, the 13th Higashikawa International Photography Festival
- 2000 19th Ken Domon Prize
- 2014 39th Nobuo Ina Prize
References
- SPIDER'S STRATEGY - Osamu KANEMURA. 2001 link
- CV / Profile, Exhibition - OSAMU KANEMURA link
- Looper Syndicate: Osamu Kanemura Sincerity Department Loyal Division link
- Cv | Osamu Kanemura link
- Osamu Kanemura link
- Osamu Kanemura｜Can I Help Me?. 2023 link
- Osamu KANEMURA | shashasha - Photography & art in books link
- Osamu Kanemura — Art Editions - Keijiban link