"For a moment, I was jealous of Ishikawa Ryuichi."
--Daido Moriyama
He rode around the island of Okinawa on his motorbike, photographing about 3,000 people he met, saying, "This is amazing, let me take your photos," and "Isn't that fun?"
The situation in which this person is in front of me and the desire to get to know this person. The idea that social situations and people are inseparable, I try to incorporate the background into the picture. Rather than trying to capture the person's true nature or a certain aspect, it is a portrait that is "all about this moment" and tries to embrace the person through the eyes.
Portraits taken in Okinawa, of Okinawa, by Okinawans are like waves of life that open up and say, "This is who I am." And within each of us, there are all of those people.
(From the publisher's website)
[Title] Okinawan portraits 2010-2012
[Publisher: Publisher] Akakasha
[Publishing date: Published] 2014
[Number of pages]180 pages
[Size] 245 x 255 mm
[Format] Hardcover
[Title reading] Okinawa Portraits 2010-2012
[Authors/Editors] Kei Machiguchi/Art Direction
[ISBN] 978-4-86541-026-6
[Condition] Used, good condition, slight scuffing on edges, slight damage to obi [Attachment] Obi
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Artist Information
Ryuichi Ishikawa
Born in Okinawa Prefecture in 1984.
In 2010, he studied under photographer Tetsushi Yuzaki. In 2011, he participated in the Tomatsu Shomei digital photography workshop. In 2012, he won an honorable mention at the 35th New Cosmos of Photography Awards for "Okinawan Portraits." In 2015, he won the 40th Kimura Ihei Photography Award and the Newcomer's Award at the Photographic Society of Japan Awards.
His major solo exhibitions include "RYUICHI ISHIKAWA" gallery Lafayette (Okinawa) in 2014, "zkop" Atsuko Baru (Tokyo), "okinawan portraits" Place M (Tokyo), "okinawan portraits" The Third Gallery Aya (Osaka) in 2015, "A Grand Polyphony" Galerie Nord (Paris), "okinawan portraits 2012-2016" Art Gallery Artium (Fukuoka) in 2016, "When you think about it, it's no longer in front of you" Yokohama Civic Gallery Azamino, "OUTREMER/Ultramarine" Atsuko Baru (Tokyo) in 2017, "zkop: a blessing in disguise" Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix (London) in 2018, "home work" The Third Gallery Aya (Osaka) in 2019, "Inside of Life" SAI (Tokyo) in 2021, and "RECORDry" BD Gallry (Nagoya) in 2022.
His major photo books include Polyphony of Breathtaking Views, Adrenamix, Okinawan Portraits 2012-2016, Inside Life (all published by Akaaka Art Publishing), and CAMP (SLANT).
