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Email: [email protected] “Beauty in a moment”
Aki wanted to capture and preserve it by her own way,
And in 1992, she fell under a spell of photograph and started shooting in earnest. Around that time, she kept on shooting while traveling around more than 30 countries. In addition, she began to take the photos of the old buildings which were in danger of being demolished throughout Japan and band performance at music clubs. In 1996, she got on with the job of development and printing at the laboratory which has its own studio and worked as an assistant in shooting models, products and at weddings and events. Meanwhile, she gave herself up to working in the darkroom and making monochrome photographs. After this studio work, she entered the field of public relations and become the person in charge of shooting. ( in this period, she took the photos of Prime Minister and the Chief Cabinet Secretary.) In an early stage of her career, she won several awards. In 2000, her photo of a concert won the prize at FUJIFILM reversal film photo contest. However, in some contests, it was often the case that the works were not returned and she had to transfer the right to the organizers. So the contest itself became less meaningful to her. Then she decided to create her works at her own pace, one step at a time. In 2016, she was chosen as one of the 55 rock-photographers in the world from more than 10,000 photos posted on Instagram hosted for the first issue of HTBARP (How To Become A Rockstar Photographer) magazine, which was published by Matthias Hombauer, an Austrian rock-photographer. In January 2017, she got an offer from DALLE, the biggest music photo stock and news agency in France, and made a contract with them as the only Japanese photographer. In 2019, she stared writing live reviews in English in addition to shooting concerts. This challenge gave her more opportunities for photographing bigger shows. While shooting musicians, she continues to capture endangered buildings as her lifework. Her architecture photography also has a good reputation. You can find her work in magazines, online, and galleries.
