Kei Taniguchi

’74年京都生れ。日本大学芸術学部写真学科卒。宮本敬文氏に師事後、NYにて独立。’04年東京に拠点を移し現在に至る。写真家としての活動の傍ら、アフガン復興支援や環境保護など、社会的活動にも積極的に参加している。

最近の主な個展・グループ展：

世田谷ものづくり学校

THC Gallery

伊丹市立美術ギャラリー

コダック フォトサロン

RING CUBE、他

Kei Taniguchi was born and raised in Yokohama City, Japan. Early in life his greatest dream was to see the world. He decided that to achieve this, he would need to pursue a career in journalism, or become a pilot. In high school he began taking photos of his school life with his father's camera, and came to the realisation that he could fulfill his dream by becoming a photographer.

He graduated from Nihon University, College of Arts in Tokyo, majoring in photography. Inspired by the likes of Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road', photographer Robert Frank in his work 'The Americans' and films such as Wim Wender's 'Paris Texas' or Godfrey Reggio's 'Koyaanisqatsi' Kei completed his final work, for which he received an award, traveling though the mid-west of the continental US.

He moved to New York City not long after and began an apprenticeship working for Whiskey Studio under the tutalage of photographer Keibun Miyamoto. During this time he assisted on advertising, fashion and portrait shoots both on location and in the studio and learnt the skills, attitude and philosophy necessary for professional photography.

To this day he often goes on the road with a backpack, camping gear and his camera, continuing his childhood dream as a means to achieve balance between his life and his work. Places visited include Afghanistan, Spain, Namibia, Brazil, Mexico, Morocco, France, Egypt, Israel, Laos, Thailand, South Africa, Zambia, and Australia to name just a few.

"My theme for both life and photography is 'Crossing Over', - boundaries such as race, religion, thought, borders and nationality in order to capture an understanding of the inherent individuality and similarity which exists in this world.I live, to see and to feel.

Photography has always given me opportunities to do so."

He bases himself in Tokyo, Japan.