Rinko Kawauchi
author · photographer
Rinko Kawauchi is a celebrated contemporary Japanese photographer known for her poetic and lyrical depictions of everyday life. She graduated from Seian Women's College (now Seian University of Art and Design) in 1993 and began working as a freelance photographer in 1997. Her work is characterized by a soft palette, offhand compositional mastery, and an ability to incite wonder through careful attention to tiny gestures and the incidental details of her environment. She gained international recognition following the simultaneous publication of three photobooks in 2001: Utatane, Hanabi, and Hanako. Her photography often explores the extraordinary within the mundane, focusing on fundamental cycles of life and the fractal-like organization of the natural world.[1,2]
- everyday life
- nature
- cycles of life
- mundane beauty
Books
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Rinko Kawauchi: Illuminance€96.00
Works by Rinko Kawauchi
- 2011 Illuminance First book published outside of Japan.
- 2001 Utatane
- 2001 Hanabi
- 2001 Hanako
- 2004 Aila
- 2005 The Eyes, the Ears,
- 2007 Semear
- 2017 Halo
- 2013 Ametsuchi
Awards
- 2023 Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award 2023
- 2013 The 29th Higashikawa Award, Domestic Photographer Award
- 2013 The 63rd Art Encourage Prize for New Artist from the Ministry of Education
- 2012 The Royal Photographic Society: Honorary Fellowship
- 2009 ICP 25th Annual Infinity Award, Art Category
- 2002 The Photographic Society of Japan, the Rookie of the Year Award
- 2002 The 27th Kimura Ihei Photography Award
- 1997 Grand Prix Prize, The Guardian Garden’s 9th Hitotsubo Award