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 and the Cologne PhotoBookMuseum Dummy Award 2023. It was also one of the winners of the open call for photobooks at the Belfast Photo Festival 2024. Selected exhibitions include KYOTOGRAPHIE "KG+SELECT" finalist exhibition (Kyoto, 2023).
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を探り、視覚的に表現する形で2019年に作家活動を開始。主に個人にまつわる歴史背景や物語に焦点を当て、そのリサーチを基に作品を制作している。手製の写真集を主な表現媒体とし、時代の中で埋もれた写真などアーカイブも織り交ぜたビジュアルストーリーを構築する。
2020年に着手した冒険家の動機をテーマにした作品「80°05′」は、2022年アルル国際写真祭 LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award でファイナリストに選出。2024年にはベルファストやシンガポールの国際写真祭においても同作品集がノミネートされている。主な展示に、京都国際写真祭「KG+SELECT」ファイナリスト展（京都, 2023年）、「80°05′」出版記念展（72Gallery / 東京, 2024年）など。
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Awards
2025 Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award ｜"80°05′", Shortlist（Hong Kong）
2024 Lucie Photo Book Prize ｜"80°05′", Finalist（USA）
2024 9th SIPF Photobook Award ｜"80°05′", Shortlist（Singapore）
2024 Belfast Photo Festival -Open Call Photobook- ｜"80°05′", Winner（UK）
2023 Cologne PhotoBookMuseum Dummy Award ｜"80°05′", Shortlist（Germany）
2023 KYOTOGRAPHIE KG+SELECT Award ｜"80°05′", Finalist（Japan）
2022 Photolucida Critical Mass ｜"80°05′", Top 200（USA）
2022 LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles ｜"80°05′", Shortlist（France）
2022 IMA next -#27 OPEN CALL- ｜"80°05′", Shortlist（Japan）
2021 Portrait of Japan ｜"80°05′", Shortlist（Japan）
2021 PX3 -Prix de la Photographie Paris- ｜"Greedy Otherworld", Honorable Mention（France）
Exhibitions
Solo
2024 "80°05′", Book Launch Exhibition ｜72Gallery / Tokyo, Japan
2023 “80°05′” KYOTOGRAPHIE, KG+SELECT ｜Horikawa Oike Gallery / Kyoto, Japan
Group / Festivals
2025 Hong Kong Photobook Festival -Photobook Exhibition- ｜PMQ / Hong Kong
2024 Lucie Photo Book Prize -Photobook Exhibition- ｜Los Angeles Center of Photography / Los Angeles, USA
2024 9th Singapore International Photo Festival -Photobook Exhibition- ｜National Design Centre / Singapore
2024 Encontros da Imagem -Photobook Exhibition- ｜Biblioteca Lúcio Craveiro da Silva / Braga, Portugal
2024 Belfast Photo Festival -Photobook Exhibition- ｜Botanic Gardens / Belfast, UK
2024 "Phenomemon", KG+ -for Collections- ｜NOW & THEN / Kyoto, Japan
2023 Night of Photography -Museum of Warsaw- ｜Museum Old Town Square / Warsaw, Poland
2023 Les Rencontres d'Arles -Night of the Year- ｜Papeteries Étienne / Arles, France
2023 "80°05′", Museum Special Exhibition ｜Itabashi Science & Education Museum / Tokyo, Japan
2023 Dummy Award exhibition tour ｜Cologne, Barcelona, Rome, Melbourne, Singapore and more.
2022 Les Rencontres d'Arles -LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award- ｜Espace Van Gogh / Arles, France
2021 JAPAN PHOTO AWARD + INTUITION, KG+ ｜HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO / Kyoto, Japan
2021 Portrait of Japan -Signage Exhibition- ｜Shibuya Area Digital Signage / Tokyo, Japan
2020 NEW JAPAN PHOTO FINAL ｜MIDORI.so / Tokyo, Japan
2020 NEW JAPAN PHOTO 10 ｜CHI-KA / Dubai, UAE
2019 “fotogo”, Exhibition of Japanese artists ｜Galerie Planète Rouge / Paris, France
2019 TOKYO / JAPAN ｜THE KNOT TOKYO Shinjuku / Tokyo, Japan
Books
2024 80°05′ ｜Self-Published
Publications
2024 Phenomemon ｜Kino Koike / Yuma Nishimura / Kouta Takahashi
2023 KG+SELECT 2023 ｜KYOTOGRAPHIE / KG+
2021 Portrait of Japan ｜IMA / amana Inc.
2021 INTUITION vol.1 ｜Countach Inc.
2021 377975㎢ vol.1 ｜Countach Inc.
2020 New Japan Photo 10 ｜EINSTEIN STUDIO
2019 TOKYO / JAPAN ｜EINSTEIN STUDIO
Media
2023 Audioteca Fotografica ｜Spain
2023 The Japan News - by The Yomiuri Shimbun ｜Japan
2022 IMA Online ｜Japan
2022 PX3 -Prix de la Photographie Paris ｜France
2021 WONDER ｜Taiwan
Kyoto, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Paris, France
Arles, France
Cologne, Germany
Belfast, UK
Warsaw, Poland
Braga, Portugal
Los Angeles, USA
Singapore
Dubai, UAE
Audioteca Fotográfica（Spain）
WONDER（Taiwan）
Prix de la Photographie Paris（France）
