#0119. Kazuyoshi Usui

web : http://kazuyoshiusui.com/#portfolio

         https://trival.jp/kazuyohshi-usui

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/kazuyoshi_usui2691/

I would like to express my gratitude to all the people who are working on the front lines and to all the medical workers.

I am somewhat grateful for the life that has been "normal" up until now. I will do what I can do now, little by little, and use this crisis as an opportunity to evolve to the next level.

Born in Tokyo in 1975.

After graduating from Tokyo Polytechnic University's Department of Photography in 1998, he began to work as a photographer.

After working at Hakuhodo Photo Creative (now Hakuhodo Products, Inc.)

2013 Independent and joined TRIVAL in 2015.

In 2006 and 2011, he won the highest award in the advertising category of the APA Awards.

His photo books include "Macaroni Christian" (Bijutsu Shuppan Co., Ltd.), "Shower88," "Shower92" and "Shower96" (ZEN FOTO GALLERY).

His work has been featured in APERTURE and AMERICAN SUBURB X in the U.S., British Journal of Photography in the U.K., Libération in France, and other publications.

In 2015, his first video work, "The 14th Dalai Lama", the result of six years of intensive filming, was shown nationwide, beginning at Shibuya Eurospace.