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 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、個人の記憶や歴史背景のリサーチを通して可視化することに興味があり、2019年に作家活動を開始。手製の写真集を主な表現媒体とし、アーカイブ素材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探るストーリー作品「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。2023年にはケルンフォトブックミュージアム Dummy Book Award、2024年はベルファスト国際写真祭において同作品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
2024 9th SIPF Photobook Award ｜"80°05′", Shortlist
2024 Belfast Photo Festival -Open Call Photobook- ｜"80°05′", Winner
2023 PhotoBookMuseum 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 -#27 OPEN CALL- ｜"80°05′", Shortlist
2021 Portrait of Japan ｜"80°05′", Shortlist
2021 PX3 ｜"Greedy Otherworld", Honorable Mention
Exhibitions
Solo
2024 "80°05′", Book Launch ｜72Gallery / Tokyo, Japan
2023 "80°05′", KG+SELECT ｜Horikawa Oike Gallery / Kyoto, Japan
Group / Festivals
2024 9th Singapore Photography Festival ｜NDC / Singapore
2024 Encontros da Imagem ｜BLCS / Braga, Portugal
2024 Belfast Photo Festival ｜Botanic Gardens / Belfast, UK
2024 "Phenomemon", KG+ ｜NOW & THEN / Kyoto, Japan
2023 Night of Photography ｜Museum of Warsaw / Poland
2023 Les Rencontres d'Arles ｜Papeteries Étienne / Arles, France
2023 Dreams & Science ｜Itabashi Science Museum / Tokyo, Japan
2023 Dummy Award exh tour ｜Cologne, Barcelona and more.
2022 Les Rencontres d'Arles ｜Espace Van Gogh / Arles, France
2021 "INTUITION", KG+ ｜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
Books
2024 80°05′ ｜Self-Published
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
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