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Masayuki Yoshinaga Born in Osaka’s Jusoh district in 1964. After working in the night entertainment industry, as a street-stall keeper and as a truck driver, Yoshinaga strives to become a photographer who specializes in youth welfare. “Zoku” (by Little More Publishing), a photography collection of Boh-soh-zoku (youth bike-gang), becomes one of Yoshinaga’s representative work. He has also photographed youth street-gangs, street gals, and foreigners living in Japan, individuals who are often labeled as “minorities” within Japan. In the recent years, Yoshinaga has participated in the "Shinjuku ID" project which exhibited portraits of everyday Shinjuku people on the temporary wall of a construction site located at the south entrance of the Shinjuku train station. He also serves as the headmaster of a photography workshop school called "Resist," presided by Roony/247 Photography. Photo book projects includes “Moh-Shiwake-Gozai-Masen (Apologies)” by Shincho Publishing, “Nippon Takaine” by Media Factory, “Gothic and Lolita” by Phaidon Publishing, semi-autobiography about his life in Jusoh District called “Hetare”by Little More Publishing, among others. [+/-] English profile.. |
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「昭和40年会」出版パーティー NADiff 自分の連載の出演依頼を兼ねて、40年会メンバーの松陰さんと会田さんに会いに、恵比寿の NADiff まで行ってきた。 松陰・会田ともに連載に出てくれることを快諾してくれ、パーティに来ていたフォトグラフィカの沖本さんや、ファイナルホームの津村さん、NADiff の野崎さんと挨拶を交わし、現地で一緒になった事務局長や生徒達と一緒に飯に向かう途中で、カメラマンのMOTOKOとブルータスの吉田さんに出会って、挨拶を交わして、一杯ひっかけに行ってん。 |
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