Osamu James Nakagawa

Osamu James Nakagawa

Nakagawa at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, November, 2015
Born Osamu James Nakagawa
1962
New York City, New York, U.S.
Residence Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
Education St. Thomas University in Houston, Texas, University of Houston
Occupation
  • Photographer
Home town Tokyo, Japan
Children Hikari Nakagawa
Website http://www.osamujamesnakagawa.com/?p=images

Osamu James Nakagawa (born 1962[1]) is a Japanese American photographer and professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana known for his work using digital photography while the technology was still in its infancy. He was born in New York City, but raised in Tokyo, Japan since from when he was seven months old. At 15, he moved to Houston, Texas. He earned his bachelor's degree in studio art from St. Thomas University in Houston, Texas in 1986, and he earned is MFA in photography from University of Houston in 1993.[2] Nakagawa's work is shown around the world. He's best known for his Okinawa trilogy which includes Gama, Banta, and Remains. His other bodies of work include Mado, his window series, Drive in Theater, and May 15s.[3] In 2009, he won the John Simon Guggenheim fellowship, and in 2010, he won the Higashikawa A New Photographer Award in Japan. In 2014, he also won the Sagamihara Photographer of the Year in Japan[4]

In many interviews, he describes himself as being culturally "divided" between Japan and America and therefore turns to photography to express that division.[5]

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Group Exhibitions

2008

2009

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2012

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2014

http://www.osamujamesnakagawa.com/

  1. "Osamu James Nakagawa: The Banta Cliffs". En Foco's Blog. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  2. "Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts » Faculty". www.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  3. Nakagawa, Osamu James. "Osamu James Nakagawa". osamujamesnakagawa.com. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  4. LensCulture, Osamu James Nakagawa |. "Osamu James Nakagawa | LensCulture". LensCulture. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  5. Ibold, Hans (2012). "Osamu James 
Nakagawa: Photographer". Bloom Magazine. Monroe County Public Library.
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