about
Keiji Fujimoto
Born in 1983. Keiji is a photographer, currently based in Tokyo.
He has created several projects focusing on the people living in the shadow of society.
Currently he focuses on Arakawa, a river flowing around Tokyo metropolitan area, and those men who have riverside sex during the night time.
Awards
2019- 1st place (single image category), Pride Photo Award
2019 - Higashikawa Town of Photography Scholarship
2019 - selected, KYOTOGRAPHIE KG+SELECT
2019 - nominated, Joop Swart Master Class, World Press Photo
2017 - shortlisted, Photolux Photobook Award
2017 - shortlisted, Kassel Dummy Book Award
2017 - shortlisted, FUAM Dummy Book Award
2016 - silver award, Tokyo International Foto Award
2015 - selected, Lens Culture Emerging Talent Award
2014 - grand prize, Ueno Hikoma Award
2013 - 2nd place, Gordon Parks International Photo Award
2013 - shortlisted, Ueno Hikoma Award
2012 - 1st place, Gordon Parks International Photo Award
2012 - photo art society of Japan - encouragement prize, Ueno Hikoma Award
Solo Exhibitions
2019 - “Forget-me-not” ex-Junpu elementary school building (Kyoto, Japan)
2019 - “Forget-me-not, drawings” cafe nook (Tokyo, Japan)
2017 - “Forget-me-not” Reminders Photography Stronghold (Tokyo, Japan)
2016 - “Forget-me-not” Community Center Akta (Tokyo, Japan)
2013 - “Living in a Cave” Maruike House (Tokyo, Japan)
Group Exhibitions
2020 - “Missing Half” Kichijoji Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2020 - "Forget-me-not" Pride Photo Award Exhibition (held in 7 venues including the city hall of Hague, Netherlands)
2019 - "Forget-me-not" De Hallen (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2018 - “Kikukoto” Gallery OGUMAG, exhibition with Saori Ninomiya (Tokyo, Japan)
2017 - "Forget-me-not" Kiyosato Photo Art Museum (Yamanashi, Japan)
2017 - “Forget-me-not” Emon Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2016 - “Forget-me-not” Reminders Photography Stronghold (Tokyo, Japan)
2015 - “Forget-me-not” SanFrancisco Camera Work Gallery (California, U.S.)
2015 - “Missing Half” Midori no I-Plaza (Tokyo, Japan)
2014 - “Missing Half” Ueno Hikoma Award Exhibition (held in 6 venues including Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre)
2013 - “Missing Half” Gordon Parks Center (Kansas, U.S.)
2013- “Abandoned Region” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
2012- “Abandoned Region” Gordon Parks Center (Kansas, U.S.)
2012- “Living in a Cave” Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
Book
2017 - "Forget-me-not" 83 limited, self-published version
Permanent Collection
Kiyosato Photo Art Museum
Education
BA in the University of Montana, school of journalism
Media Appearances
2020 - News Oped
2018 - NHK BS “Millennials’ Files”
2018 - Yahoo! News Japan “on the other side of 30s”
2016 - C-Studio “Senju de Cross”
2016 - Monthly CAPA “Message from Documentary Photographer”
2015 - Nairobi ECN Radio
2014 - Mainichi Newspaper “Hito”
2014 - Web Neo Interview
Talk Events
2019 - Kyoto University, Gender Sexuality Researching Session (Kyoto, Japan)
2019 - Fenics Salon, The River (Tokyo, Japan)
2018 - CASE Shinjuku Talk Session (Tokyo, Japan)
2018 - Arakawa Africa (Tokyo, Japan)
2017 - Keiji Fujimoto Photobook Publication Memorial Talk (Tokyo, Japan)
2016 - East African LGBT Photo Exhibition and Talk Session at Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan)
Clients
Bunka Taboo, FOTODEMIC, Kyodo News, Lens Culture, Le Toit, Mainichi Newspaper, Monthly CAPA, neoneo, News Front, NHK on demand, Photocon Life, Republica, The PAGE, Voice, Weekly Kinyobi, Weekly Bunshun, Weekly Asahi Geinou, Weekly Dokushojin, Yahoo! News etc
Links
・PAGE AFTER PAGE, YOU WILL FIND ME EVERYWHERE IN THIS BOOK (Reminders Photography Stronghold)
・Millennials File :Gay photographer Keiji Fujimoto (NHK ON DEMAND)