Books
For a Language to Come
(Osiris, 2010)
Photographer of Japan: Takuma Nakahira
(Iwanami Shoten, 1999)
Degree Zero - Yokohama
(Yokohama Museum of Art, 2003)
(Osiris, 2010)
(Iwanami Shoten, 1999)
(Yokohama Museum of Art, 2003)
Daily performative engagement in Paris, where Nakahira photographed, developed, and displayed prints overnight, emphasizing circulation, transience, and the evolving relationship between images and time.
Raw and experimental work that defies photographic conventions, capturing Tokyo’s chaotic urban life through intentional blurs and grain.
Road-based photographic project capturing fleeting urban moments across late 1960s–early 1970s Japan, structured as a pursuit through fragmented scenes and transient encounters.
Tokyo’s urban theatricality capturing avant-garde performances, street entertainers, and the performative aspects of daily life in 1960s Tokyo.
Exploration of perception, reality, and meaning through abstraction, fragmented compositions, and flash photography, emphasizing the evolving nature of human experience.
Ballet through blurred, high-contrast photography emphasizing movement, atmosphere, and the ephemeral nature of live performance.
Experimental project presenting the 1968 New York counterculture through blurred, grainy images that highlight the city's unfiltered urban expression.