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Rinko Kawauchi
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Rinko Kawauchi Hon FRPS ( , Kawauchi Rinko, born 1972) is a Japanese photographer,
[1][2] shooting mostly in 66 format.[3] Her work is characterized by a serene, poetic style, depicting
the ordinary moments in life.[4][5]

Contents
1 Life and work
2 Major exhibitions
3 Publications
4 References
5 External links

Life and work

Kawauchi became interested in photography while studying at Seian College of Art and Design. She
first worked in advertising for several years before embarking on a career as a fine art photographer.
She was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society in 2012.

Major exhibitions
Rencontres d'Arles festival, Arles, France (2004)
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris (2005)[6]
The Photographers' Gallery, London (2006)[7]
Museu de Arte Moderna de So Paulo, So Paulo (2007)[8]
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton Photo Biennial, Brighton (2010)[9]

Publications
Hanako. 2002.
Utatane. 2002.
Hanabi (, Fireworks). Tokyo: Little More, 2002. ISBN 4-89815-053-5
Aila. 2004.
The eyes, the ears. 2005.
Cui cui. 2005.

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Semear. 2007.
Murmuration. 2010.
One Day. 2010 (One of the books in One Day Ten Photographers edited by Harvey Benge)
Illuminance. New York: Aperture, 2011. ISBN 978-1597111447[10]
Approaching Whiteness. Tokyo: Goliga, 2012.
Ametuschi. New York: Aperture, 2013. ISBN 978-1597112161[11]

References
1. ^ "Celebrated Japanese photographers come to London" (http://www.bjp-online.com/public
/showPage.html?page=857752). British Journal of Photography. 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
2. ^ "Interview: RINKO KAWAUCHI - - Photographer" (http://www.public-image.org/interview
/2008/04/22/rinko-kawauchi.html) (in Japanese). www.public-image.org (http://www.public-image.org/).
2008-04-22. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
3. ^ "10 questions to Rinko Kawauchi about photography" (http://pingmag.jp/2006/08/11/10-questionsto-rinko-kawauchi-about-photography/). http://pingmag.jp. 2006-08-11. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
4. ^ Sooke, Alastair (2006-06-06). "Joyless, creepy - and sublime" (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture
/art/3652948/Joyless-creepy---and-sublime.html). The Daily Telegraph. "Her intimate imagery is worlds
apart from that of her co-exhibitors: a newborn with umbilical cord still attached; a green shoot sprouting
from a bulb; and, most startling, a cracked egg containing a fluffy hatchling. You come away from her
gentle show refreshed."
5. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (2006-05-07). "Sublime to meticulousJapan's young master finds magic in bugs, clouds
and trees" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2006/may/07/art1). The Guardian. "Rinko
Kawauchi's subject is the everyday sublime"
6. ^ See the notes on artists at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain.
7. ^ *London Town (http://www.londontown.com/LondonEvents/RinkoKawauchi/c1b89); "Rinko
Kawauchi, 5 May - 9 July 2006, The Photographers' Gallery (http://www.photonet.org.uk
/index.php?id=130,578,0,0,1,0)".
8. ^ Rinko Kawauch, Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 20 jul-23 set 2007 [1]
(http://www.mam.org.br/2008/portugues/exposicaoDetalhes.aspx?id=31)
9. ^ Strange & Familiar: Three Views of Brighton, Brighton Photo Biennial 2010, Oct 2nd - Nov 14th 2010
[2] (http://www.bpb.org.uk/exhibitions/9148/bpb-curated-strange-familiar-three-views-of-brighton/)
10. ^ http://www.aperture.org/shop/books/illuminance-rinko-kawauchi
11. ^ http://www.aperture.org/shop/rinko-kawauchi-ametsuchi-books

External links
Notes on artists (http://www.fondation.cartier.fr/index.php?lang=en&p=2&c=66&linkid=66) at
the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (Paris). Contains a short paragraph about
Kawauchi.

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Kawauchi's camera phone photo diary (http://www.foiltokyo.com/rinko/rinkodiary.html).

(Japanese)

Interview with Rinko Kawauchi (http://www.kopenhagen.dk/index.php?id=7776) by

Masakazu Takei, an editor and the representative of FOIL, a publisher in Tokyo.
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