Hajime Kimura is a Japanese photographer born in 1982. He was raised in Chiba prefecture just outside Tokyo. Having studied architecture and anthropology at University, he began his career in 2006.
His work "Solitary" awarded "Tokyo Documentary Photo Workshop Scholarship" in 2011.
His first long-term project “MATAGI” focused on Japanese ancient tribe in Nigata prefecture for 5 years was published in 2012. In the same year he participated in World press photo Joop swart masterclass in Amsterdam.
In January, 2013 his private work "Man and Dog" won the 2nd prize of Vattenfall photo annual award in Berlin and exhibited at CO Berlin.
His first photobook “KODAMA” won the first prize of IPA photobook Asia award 2013 in Singapore, the special prize of Konica PHOTO PREMIO 2013 in Tokyo and has been widely featured in a number of publications including TIME, New York Times, Newsweek, Le Monde Magazine and others. These past couple of years he has been based in Japan while also covering China and India. He tries to describe how he felt on the ground between the subject and himself in order to reconstruct the interaction in his images.
Ce dernier opus, intitulé Jamais aussi proche, réunit trois jeunes photographes japonais émergents : Hajime Kimura, Daichi Koda, et Takahiro Yamashita, encore peu montrés en Europe, mais déjà connus en Asie.
Pour cette première rencontre avec le public français, ces artistes proposent chacun à leur manière, une série de photographies portant sur un moment intime de leur vie en lien avec des proches (un père pour l'un, une ville natale et une amie pour les deux autres). Oscillant de la documentation distancée à la narration engagée, ces oeuvres fascinent par la justesse de leur propos et la poésie de leurs images, invitant le visiteur à entrer et à connaître leurs histoires.
Jamais aussi proche...
Hajime KIMURA (*1982)
Hajiime KIMURA (*1982) portraie les derniers jours de ...