Hajime Kimura

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Hajime Kimura, Born in 1982, at Chiba prefecture next to Tokyo.

In 1982, Hajime Kimura was born at Chiba prefecture next to Tokyo. In 2005, he graduated from architecture at Shibaura institute of technology in Tokyo. Since 2006 he has been actively photographed Asian countries, including China, Southeast Asia and Japan. Kimura wishes to express the invisible reality of human existence in the world with photography, and aspires to commit to his subject as hard as possible.

Book

2012	Photo book "KODAMA" by Mado-sha, Tokyo

Education

2011	Eddie Adams Workshop, New York, USA

Awards/Grants

2011	TDPW (Tokyo Documentary photo workshop) Scholarship, Tokyo, Japan
2011	"Japan society for art of photography prize" , Ueno Hikoma Award, Fukuoka, Japan
2011	Eddie Adams Workshop, New York, USA
2012	"FOTO VISURA select award" Kuala Lumpur International Photo Award, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2012	World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012	"Kyushu Sangyo university prize", Ueno Hikoma Award, Fukuoka, Japan
2013	"2nd prize, Vattenfall photo award", Berlin, Germany

Exhibitions

2011	Sequence of Drug, Invisible photographers Asia, Singapore
2011	Solitary project", Bursa photo festival, Bursa, Turkey
2011	Solitary, Angkor photo festival, Siem reap, Cambodia
2011	Ueno Hikoma Awards Exhibition, Museum of Kyushu Sangyo university, Fukuoka, Japan
2012	Solo Exhibition "Yamadachi", Konica Minolta Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2012	Man and dog, Bursa photo festival, Bursa, Turkey
2012	MATAGI, Angkor photo festival, Siem reap, Cambodia
2013	Solo Exhibition "KODAMA" Reminders-Photography-Stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
2013	Group Exhibition "His Traces" C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2013	Group Exhibition "Tracks" Format International Photo Festival, Derby, UK

Publications

2011	Invisible photographers Asia, Singapore
2011	Photo Essay: Sequence of Drugs, by Hajime Kimura

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