Kai Yokoyama : 横山快
Kai Yokoyama is a photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. Starting out as an architecture student at Saitama University, he switched his major to photography and completed his studies at Tokyo College of Photography.
He has traveled the world photographing refugees, children with disabilities, and victims of terrorism. In recent years, having lived abroad, he has been photographing foreigners living in Japan. His works have been published such as The Washington Post, Marie Claire Italy, and Foam Magazine.
In 2020, he won first place in the LensCulture/Journeys series category.
In 2021, Yokoyama's work has been awarded Helsinki Photo Festival and shortlisted at Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Encontros da Imagem Discovery Award, and Portrait of Humanity.
Also, he receives Carolyn Drake’s mentorship program in Magnum Photos in 2021.
Recently, he has been shortlisted for the 2020 Emerging Artist Scholarship in Lucie Foundation, he was selected for Photo Vogue Festival 2021 and awarded LensCulture Critics’ Choice 2021.
He was a juror for the ADC 101st Annual Awards in the Photography category.
He is a member of Native Agency and Diversify Photo.
Currently he has been working on a photo book of his work.
東京を拠点に活動する写真家。埼玉大学で建築学生としてキャリアをスタートし、専攻を写真に替え、東京綜合写真専門学校を卒業。伊島薫氏のアシスタントとして働いた後、フリーランスの写真家となる。難民、障害を持つ子供、テロの被害者などを世界中で撮影してきた。近年は海外での生活を経て、日本に住む外国人などを撮影。作品はワシントン・ポスト、マリ・クレールなどに掲載されている。
作品はLensCulture/Journeysシリーズ部門(2020)で1位を獲得している。
2021年には、Helsinki Photo Festivalで受賞し、Kolga Tbilisi Photo、Encontros da Imagem Discovery Award、Portrait of Humanityで最終選考に残っています。
最近彼はPhoto Vogue Festival 2021に選ばれ, LensCulture/Critics’ Choice 2021においてbest10に選ばれている。
ADC 101st Annual Awards写真部門の審査員。
Native Agency、Diversify Photoのメンバーでもある。
現在、彼は写真集をRPSと作っています。
Awards
APA Award (Japan Advertising Photographers' Association), 2019
KLPA finalist portrait, 2019
PX3 silver medal of portraiture, 2019
The International Photographic Salon in Japan, 2019
Athens Photo Festival shortlist, 2020
PX3 Honorable Mention of portraiture, 2020
PX3 “State of the World” shortlist, 2020
IPA Honorable Mention of people, 2020
LensCulture journeys 1st place series, 2020
Kolga Tbilisi Photo Conceptual Series shortlist, 2021
Helsinki Photo Festival winner, 2021
Kranj Foto Fest shortlist, 2021
Portrait of Humanity Shortlist, 2021
Encontros da Imagem Discovery Award shortlist, 2021
Photo Vogue Festival, 2021
LensCulture Critics’ Choice winner, 2021
Exhibitions
APA Award at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019
PX3 at the Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, 2019
KLPA Awards at Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2019
Photolux Festival (Projection of KLPA finalists) ,Lucca, 2019
Auckland Festival of Photography (Projection of KLPA finalists) ,Auckland, 2020
#ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis at ICP, New York, 2020
#PhESTCHIAMATERRA: PhEST, Monopoli, 2020
LagosPhotoFestival, Home Museum, Lagos, 2020
PHmuseum, curated by PannaFoto Institute, Erratic Dream, online, 2020
Helsinki Photo Festival, Helsinki, 2021
Kranj Foto Fest, Kranj, 2021
Encontros da Imagem Discovery Award, Porto, 2021
Photo Vogue Festival, Milano, 2021
Days of Photography, Goriška, 2022
LensCulture Exhibition , New York , 2022
Grenze Photo Arsenals, Verona, 2022
Publications
The Washington Post, Zeit, Marie Claire Italy, Foam Magazine, LensCulture, Wolrd Press Photo, British Journal of Photography, It’s Nice That, PHmuseum, Lenscratch, doc! photo magazine, LagosPhoto, aint-bad, SDN, Getty Images Reportage, Vogue Italia(Photo Vogue), Visura, FOTODEMIC, Musée Magazine, The Heavy Collective, Float Photo Magazine, FotoFilmic, PHROOM, Broad Magazine, Fraction Magazine, dienacht, Spectrum Photographic, PhEST, EXIT magazine, VOSTOK magazine, Loupe Magazine, Dodho Magazine, photo-letter, photocaptionist, Art Africa, PannaFoto, FotoRoom, Click Magazine, Witness!, MAP6, PX3, etc.
Workshop
Magnum Masterclass with Alex and Rebecca Norris Webb in Hong Kong, 2019
Tanya Habjouqa's workshop in Latvia(ISSP), 2019
Loulou d’Aki and Yumi Goto in Tokyo, 2020
Bieke Depoorter in FotoFilmic Online Masterclass, 2020
Elisa Medde editor in chief of Foam Magazine in FotoFilmic Online Masterclass, 2020
Portfolio Review
Magnum Portfolio Review with Newsha Tavakolian, 2020
Digital Portfolio Review of Photo Vogue Festival with Alessia Glaviano, 2020