Emi Anrakuji
Emi Anrakuji (born 1963) is a Tokyo-based legally blind Japanese photographer who makes self-portraits. She has produced a number of books with Nazraeli Press and her work is held in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In 2006 Anrakuji won the New Photographer Prize of the Higashikawa Prize in Higashikawa, Japan.
Emi Anrakuji
- Name
- Emi Anrakuji
- Born
- 1963
- Birthplace
- Tokyo
- Education
- Musashino Art University
- Known for
- Photography
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- Japanese
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Emi Anrakuji (born 1963) is a Tokyo-based legally blind Japanese photographer who makes self-portraits. She has produced a number of books with Nazraeli Press and her work is held in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In 2006 Anrakuji won the New Photographer Prize of the Higashikawa Prize in Higashikawa, Japan.
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• Name — Emi Anrakuji • Born — 1963 • Birthplace — Tokyo • Education — Musashino Art University • Known for — Photography • Website — https: www.emianrakuji.com/
Early life and education
Early life and education
Anrakuji was born in Tokyo, Japan, where she also studied oil painting at Musashino Art University. Soon after graduation, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor that ultimately caused the loss of sight in one eye. The other eye has congenital amblyopia. While recovering in bed from the tumor, she taught herself photography.
Career
Career
Anrakuji's photography subjects are consistently herself. "Anrakuji's oeuvre includes a series of photography projects in which she zooms in on her body, never revealing her face." HMMT? (How Many Miles To?) was her first photography series. A prize associated with the series brought her to the attention of Nazraeli Press, who subsequently released three of her books: Anrakuji (2006), e hagaki (2007) and IPY (2008). Her work is frequently exhibited in solo shows at Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan.
Books by Anrakuji
Books by Anrakuji
• Hmmt?. Osaka: Warp, 2005.. • Anrakuji. Portland: Nazraeli, 2006.. • e hagaki. One Picture Book 40. Portland: Nazraeli, 2007.. Edition of 500 copies. • IPY. Portland: Nazraeli, 2008.. • Misho. Portugal: Shinto, 2017. Edited by Rui Ribeiral and Paulo Nozolino. With an essay by Anrakuji. Edition of 250 copies. • Balloon Position. Kyoto: Araaka Art, 2019.. Edition of 500 copies.
Books with others
Books with others
• Witness #2 (Number Two): Daido Moriyama. Portland: Nazraeli, 2007. By Daidō Moriyama, Anrakuji, and Ken Kitano..
Collections
Collections
Anrakuji's work is held in the following permanent collections: • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX: 1 print (as of 3 February 2022)
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Awards
• 2006: Winner, New Photographer Prize, Higashikawa Prize, Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan • 2019: Shortlisted, Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards, for Balloon Position
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Intimate Self-Portraits Document One Artist's Struggle With Disease. HuffPost. 28 October 2015.
- 2.Emi Arakuji Biography - Emi Anrakuji official website. emianrakuji.
- 3.Montrone, Donatella. Emi Anrakuji – '1800 millimetres. It's the size of my bed'. British Journal of Photography. 9 July 2015.
- 4.Emi Anrakuji. The New Yorker.
- 5.Emi Anrakuji: A Passage Through Pain and Suffering. Exposure Magazine. 2018-09-12.
- 6.Exhibitions - Emi Anrakuji official website. emianrakuji.com.
- 7.Emi Anrakuji. Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
- 8.ANRAKUJI Emi – 安楽寺 えみ. Higashikawa International Photo Festival.
- 9.The 2019 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist. Aperture Foundation. 20 September 2019.
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