Mika Ninagawa

Mika Ninagawa

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• Name Mika Ninagawa
• Japanese: 蜷川実花
• Birthdate: Oct. 18, 1972
• Birthplace: Japan

Biography:

Mika Ninagawa is born in Tokyo. She graduated from Graphic Design department of Tama Art University in1997. She lives and works in Tokyo. Ninagawa has won numerous awards, including the Grand Prize at the "7th Photography Hitotsuboten" in 1996, the Excellence Award at "The 13th Canon New Cosmos of Photography" in 1996, "The 9th Konica Photo Encouragement Award" in 1998, and the 26th Kimura Ihei Award in 2001. In addition to her career in magazine and advertising photography, she has published richly varied books of photography and directed a film SAKURAN in 2007. She is one of the most active and successful photographers at work today. She received acclaims worldwide for her photo book Mika Ninagawa (Rizzoli N.Y., 2010). 

Type of artwork:

Photograph
"Flower Addict"
It let flowers to absorb some special ink to show the human colored flower in an modern, fancy and attractive ways.

"Noir" series

"Even in the deepest darkness she knows colors to elicit, making her seem exuberant images a deep game play with the contrast between day and night, light and darkness, life and death. "

Music Video
Alicia Keys

• "Girl on Fire (Japanese Version)" (2013)

Film

HELTER SKELTER 

(ヘルタースケルター)

Why I am interested in her:

I know Mika when I read a Hong Kong magazine named (東touch). There is an eye-catching advertisement of a set of make up of Shu Uemura and the spokesman is the famous model named Chrissie Chau in Hong Kong. Her pretty and pure face with the colorful and fresh flower background lead me to find out who is the photographer of these pictures. And finally, I find it these were done by photographer Mika Ninagawa. 

                                     

 Advertisement of Shu Uemura                                  Model Chrissie Chau

I like the way that she takes photos with the theme of flowers, goldfish and landscapes.  Her influence resonates with the many followers who copy her styles and mimic her stance.Her photographing technique makes everyone including me want to be shot under her camera.

Besides, the film making by her can catch up the trend of fashion and modern. The theme is very sensitive to us and attract lots of audience to watch it. The environment under her shooting is very fantasy and beautiful that is not only a movie but also is a artwork.



References:
http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/exhibitions_en/mika-ninagawa-exhibition-plantatree-2012_en/
http://purplekiu.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=3016067