Biography
Kouta Takahashi
Born in Akita, Japan, in 1986. He became interested in photography as a way of giving expression to questions raised in his mind from contact with society and people. Launching his career as an artist in 2019. He does projects based on careful research, composing visual narratives interwoven with archival and other material, which he gives form to handmade books.
The visual story 80°05′, which was started in 2020 and asks what motivates explorers, was shortlisted for the Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles 2022 (France) and the Kassel Dummy Award 2023 (Germany).
髙橋 こうた
1986年 秋田県生まれ。秋田大学工学資源学部卒業。社会や人と接する中で抱いた疑問の表現手段として写真に関心を持ち、2019年より作家活動を開始。主にリサーチに基づいたプロジェクトベースの作品を制作しており、アーカイブなども織り交ぜた視覚的な物語を手製ブックとして形にする。2020年に着手した冒険家の動機を探るストーリー作品「80°05′」は、2022年アルル国際写真祭ダミーブックアワード（フランス）、2023年カッセルダミーアワード（ドイツ）でショートリストに選出。主な展示に KG+SELECT 2023（Horikawa Oike Gallery / 京都）。
Instagram｜@kouta.t14
Awards
2023 Kassel Dummy Award ｜“80°05′”, Shortlist
2023 KG+SELECT Award ｜“80°05′”, Finalist
2022 Photolucida Critical Mass ｜“80°05′”, Top 200
2022 Luma Rencontres Dummy Award Arles ｜“80°05′”, Shortlist
2022 IMA next -OPEN CALL- ｜“80°05′”, Shortlist
2021 Portrait of Japan ｜“80°05′”, Shortlist
2021 PX3 -Prix de la Photographie Paris- ｜Honorable Mention
2020 IPA -International Photography Awards- ｜Honorable Mention
Exhibition
2023 KG+SELECT “80°05′” ｜Horikawa Oike Gallery / Kyoto, Japan
2022 Les Rencontres d'Arles ｜Espace Van Gogh / Arles, France
2021 Japan Photo Award+Intuition ｜ANTEROOM / Kyoto, Japan
2021 Portrait of Japan ｜Shibuya Signage / Tokyo, Japan
2020 New Japan Photo Final ｜MIDORI.so / Tokyo, Japan
2020 New Japan Photo 10 ｜CHI-KA / Dubai, UAE
2019 fotogo - f5 - ｜Galerie Planète Rouge / Paris, France
2019 TOKYO / JAPAN ｜THE KNOT Shinjuku / Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo
Paris
Arles
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