ABOUT

Kanta Nomura (Born in Kyoto, Japan, 1979) is a photographer, based in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan. 

​京都府生まれ。東京都在住。写真家。同志社大学法学部卒業。2008年ごろから京都大学吉田寮の記録を始める。2020年「吉田寮学生寄宿舎史」が完成。写真集はParis-Photo Aperture photobook Awardショートリストなど海外で高い評価を得ている。

//Job//

Photographer (2011- )

//Education//

Department of Photography, Visual Arts College – Osaka,Japan 2008

B.A in Law, Doshisha University -Kyoto,Japan (April 2000 – March 2004)

Photobook making workshop with Alex , Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo, Japan (2018)

//Assignments, Publication//

FARE MAGAGINE (UK) , TRANSIT (Japna), NEUTRAL COLOR (Japan), NOT YET-ALREADY (Japan)

//Grant//

ANDY ROCCHELLI GRANT( 2021 )

//Awards, Nominations, Best Photobook//

Les Rencontres d’Arles – Historical book award( 2020 ) ,Finalist

Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards – the First PhotoBook Category ( 2021 ),Finalist

KASSEL DUMMY AWARD ( 2022 ),Finalist

Encontros da Imagem( 2021 ),2nd prize winner

photobook week Aarhus( 2021 ),FinalistANDY ROCCHELLI GRANT( 2021 ),Finalist

//Exhibitions//

solo exhibition
“Yoshida Dormitory has come Ogikubo! “NEUTRAL COLOR,Tokyo,Japan/2021

“Yoshida Dormitory Students’ History” RPS, Tokyo/2019

“Yoshida Dormitory”Yoshida Dormitory(KYOTOGRAPHIE),Kyoto /2017

“Buenos Dias!” TOTEMPOLE PHOTO GARRELLY , Tokyo/2016

JUNA21 NIKON SALON,Tokyo Osaka /2015

2010EL DORADO Greenbazaar,Tokyo/2010

FUJI PHOTO SALON,Osaka/2008


photobook exhibition
“Yohida Dormitory” PHOTO BANGKOK (THAILAND)/2018

“YoshidaDormitoryStudents’ History”Polycopies,Paris FRANCE
2021

“YoshidaDormitoryStudents’ History”Photobook Market, Encontros da Imagem, Braga PORTUGAL”/2021

YoshidaDormitoryStudents’ History” Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards 2021, Grand Palais, Paris FRANCE/2021

“YoshidaDormitoryStudents’ History” The Tokyo Art Book Fair 2021, Tokyo JAPAN/2021
“YoshidaDormitoryStudents’ History” KG+ PhotoBook Fair 2021, Kyoto JAPAN
“YoshidaDormitoryStudents’ History” 
Dummy Award Kassel 2021, Fotobookfestival, Kassel GERMANY
“YoshidaDormitoryStudents’ History” 
Photobook week Aarhus 2021,aarhus,Denmark/2021
The PhotoBookMuseum Cologne, Germany/2021