PROFILE

渡辺一城 / Kazuki Watanave

Photographer


1978年新潟県燕市生まれ。高校3年の時にヘルムート・ニュートンの写真集に衝撃を受け、写真家を志す。

1998年、東京工芸大学芸術学部写真学科に入学。大学1年の時に、(有)臼井農産の豚に出会い撮り始め、以後ライフワークとなる。大学4年の時に、フォトグラファーの廣崎節雄氏に師事。その後約6年に渡り、氏の建築撮影のアシスタント業務に携わる。2002年大学卒業。

2010年、写真家3人と共同写真事務所、4×5 SHI NO GOを設立。2013年、B GALLERY(新宿/BEAMS JAPAN)にて個展「豚」を開催、同作品の写真集「人」を出版(発行:4×5 SHI NO GO)。2014年、故郷の燕市産業史料館にて「豚」の凱旋個展を開催。2016年、燕市の伝統工芸である「鎚起銅器」の図録撮影を手掛け、同年9月、燕市産業史料館にて個展「鎚起銅器」を開催。2023年、「HARVEST」でLONDON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDSのFINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY部門にてCATEGORY WINNER OF THE YEARを受賞。

現在、東京を拠点に広告、雑誌、ウェブ等の撮影をする一方で、自身の作品制作を同時進行で行っている。

座右の銘は「写真とは一期一会の写心なり」-大学恩師、細江英公教授からのメッセージ。


Kazuki Watanave was born in 1978 in Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. When he was in his third year of high school, he was impressed by a photo book of Helmut Newton and decided to become a photographer.

In 1998, he entered Tokyo Polytechnic University, Faculty of Arts at the Department of Photography. When he was in his first year of university, he started taking pictures of pigs at Usui Nosan Co., Ltd., which became a life project. When he was in his fourth year of university, he began to study under photographer Setsuo Hirosaki. Following, he worked as an assistant for Hirosaki's architecture photography for about 6 years. Graduated from university in 2002.

In 2010, together with three other photographers, he founded the joint photo office “4x5 SHI NO GO”. In 2013, he held the solo exhibition “Buta” at B GALLERY (Shinjuku / BEAMS JAPAN) and published the corresponding photo book “Hito” (publisher: 4x5 SHI NO GO). In 2014, he held a solo exhibition of “Buta” at the Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum, located in his hometown. In 2016, he took photographs for the record of “Tsuiki Copperware”, which is a traditional craft of Tsubame City, and held the solo exhibition “Tsuiki Copperware” at the Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum in September of the same year. In 2023, "HARVEST” won CATEGORY WINNER OF THE YEAR in the FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY category of the LONDON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS.

He is currently based in Tokyo, photographing for advertisement, magazines, and websites, while at the same time pursuing personal projects.

His motto is “Photography is a photographing heart of a once-in-a-lifetime chance” -inspired by the message from his university teacher Professor Eikoh Hosoe.



【個展】

2022 「HARVEST」TURNER DINER(神奈川・黒川)

2022 「HARVEST」アートロジ片平(神奈川・栗平)

2021 「Buena Vista」JCII クラブ25(東京・半蔵門)

2016 「鎚起銅器」燕市産業史料館(新潟・燕)

2014 「豚」燕市産業史料館(新潟・燕)

2013 「豚」 B GALLERY(東京・新宿)

【グループ展】

2023  東京工芸大学創立100周年記念展「写真から100年」東京都写真美術館(東京・恵比寿)

2020「東京好奇心 2020 渋谷」Bunkamura ザ・ミュージアム(東京・渋谷)

2020「東京新視点」文喫(東京・六本木)

2019 「TOKYO-GA meets SHIBUYA CAST」Are(東京・渋谷)

2017 「TOKYO-GA meets MOV 2017」Creative Lounge MOV(東京・渋谷)

2017 「スプーン展」燕市産業史料館(新潟・燕)

2016 「photo mart vol.2」tokyoarts gallery(東京・渋谷)

2015 「スプーン展」燕市産業史料館(新潟・燕)

2015 「tokyo photo mart」tokyoarts gallery(東京・渋谷)

2013 「ファーストコレクション展」tokyoarts gallery(東京・渋谷)

2013 4×5写真展「opaque」 NOS EBISU(東京・恵比寿)

2012 4×5写真展「opaque」OPTRICO(東京・青山)

2012 「HUB WEDDING vol.1」東京ビッグサイト(東京・有明)

2011 「Charity exhibition for the Tohoku Earthquake」galerie Medamothi(スイス)

2010  4×5「×」展  4×5 SHI NO GO(東京・江戸川橋)

2005 「第28回キャノン写真新世紀展」東京都写真美術館(東京・恵比寿)

2004 「細江英公と若い仲間たち展Ⅲ」スパンアートギャラリー (東京・銀座)

2002 「細江英公と若い仲間たち展Ⅱ」スパンアートギャラリー(東京・銀座)

2002 「軌跡」A-BOXギャラリー(新潟)

2002 「細江英公と若い仲間たち展Ⅰ」スパンアートギャラリー(東京・銀座)

【受賞】

2023  London Photography Awards, Category Winner of the Year, Platinum Winner

2005  第28回キャノン写真新世紀 佳作

2002  清里フォトアートミュージアム ヤングポートフォリオ

2002  東京工芸大学芸術学部賞

【出版】

2013  渡辺一城写真集「人」(発行:4x5 SHI NO GO)

【パブリックコレクション】

東京工芸大学

清里フォトアートミュージアム

燕市産業史料館

Solo exhibitions

2022 "HARVEST", TURNER DINER, Kurokawa, Kanagawa

2022 "HARVEST", Art Roji Kurihira, Kurihira, Kanagawa

2021 "Buena Vista", JCII CLUB25, Hanzomon, Tokyo

2016 “Tsuiki Copperware”, Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum, Tsubame, Niigata

2014 “Buta”, Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum, Tsubame, Niigata

2013 “Buta”, B GALLERY, Shinjuku, Tokyo


Group exhibitions

2023 "Tokyo Polytechnic University 100th Anniversary Exhibition", Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Ebisu, Tokyo

2020 “TOKYO CURIOSITY 2020 SHIBUYA”, Bunkamura THE MUSEUM, Shibuya, Tokyo

2020 “TOKYO NEW PERSPECTIVE”, BUNKITSU, Roppongi, Tokyo

2019 “TOKYO-GA meets SHIBUYA CAST”, Are, Shibuya, Tokyo

2017 “TOKYO-GA meets MOV 2017”, Creative Lounge MOV, Shibuya, Tokyo

2017 “Spoon exhibition”, Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum, Tsubame, Niigata

2016 “photo mart vol.2”, tokyoarts gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo

2015 “Spoon exhibition”, Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum, Tsubame, Niigata

2015 “tokyo photo mart”, tokyoarts gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo

2013 “First collection”, tokyoarts gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo

2013 4x5 photo exhibit “opaque”, NOS EBISU, Ebisu, Tokyo

2012 4x5 photo exhibit “opaque”, OPTRICO, Aoyama, Tokyo

2012 “HUB WEDDING vol. 1”, Tokyo Big Sight, Daiba, Tokyo

2011 “Charity exhibition for the Tohoku Earthquake”, galerie Medamothi, Switzerland

2010 4x5 “x”, 4x5 SHI NO GO, Edogawabashi, Tokyo

2005 “28th Canon New Cosmos of Photography”, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

2004 “Eikoh Hosoe and Young Friends III”, Span Art Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo

2002 “Eikoh Hosoe and Young Friends II”, Span Art Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo

2002 “Kiseki”, A-BOX Gallery, Niigata

2002 “Eikoh Hosoe and Young Friends I”, Span Art Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo


Awards

2023  London Photography Awards, Category Winner of the Year, Platinum Winner 

2005  28th Canon New Cosmos of Photography, Special Mention

2002  Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Young Portfolio

2002  Tokyo Polytechnic University, Faculty of Arts Award


Publication

2013  Kazuki Watanave Photographs “Hito” (publisher: 4x5 SHI NO GO)


Public collections

Tokyo Polytechnic University

Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts

Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum


PUBLICATION

渡辺一城写真集「人」

大学一年の時から15年に渡り「豚」を撮り続けて完成させた渡辺一城のファースト写真集。写真集には養豚場や食肉センターでの記録と共に、作品のバックグラウンドになっている渡辺の家族の写真が収録されている。また、巻末には渡辺が撮影で長年お世話になった(有)臼井農産代表取締役の臼井欽一氏、高崎食肉センター元理事長の小櫻憲治氏の「豚と食肉」にまつわる話も収録。

発行日:2013年6月15日

発行元:4×5 SHI NO GO

外寸:304×217mm(ハードカバー)

ページ数:88ページ

Kazuki Watanave Photographs “Hito”

The first photo book of Kazuki Watanave, which was completed after shooting pigs for 15 years, from starting university. The photo book contains records from a pig farm and meat center, as well as photographs of Watanave's family, which shape the background of the work. At the end of the Photobook, there are stories about "Pig and Meat" by Mr. Kinichi Usui, President of Usui Nosan Co., Ltd., and Mr. Kenji Kozakura, former President of Takasaki Meat Center, the benefactors that Watanave has long been taken care for shooting pigs.

First published June 15, 2013

Publisher : 4×5 SHI NO GO

External dimensions:304×217mm(Hardcover)

Number of pages : 88 pages