Namiko Kitaura - Photographer

[iperlchen]

Namiko Kitaura was born in Tokyo in 1977. She has had experience as a freelance photographer in London, in Tokyo, and as an artist in residence at Fabrica, the Benetton research centre in Italy. She produces instinctive images with a strong, personal voice. The implied romanticism within her works is both abstract and absolute. The images contemplate each other sensually, with a sense of graceful motion suspended in a non-temporal framework. She aims to visualize the almost invisible aspects of the human condition that lie below the physical, and their juxtaposition: passion in depression, comfort in sadness, tranquility in chaos and beauty in ugliness.

Her work is published in Amica, Flair, The Face, Sprout and Marie Claire among others. She also contributed to the book 'The Great Escape'.​

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[Estella*]

thanks for the thread, perlefine! i love the underwater shots, i think they fit this

passion in depression, comfort in sadness, tranquility in chaos and beauty in ugliness.

description perfectly
'the great escape' sounds very interesting! do you happen to have it?

 

[MulletProof]

they're beautiful. love the sinister vibe on his work.

 

[iperlchen]

^ He's a she It's hard to tell with so many unorganized vowels.

thanks for the thread, perlefine! i love the underwater shots, i think they fit this description perfectly
'the great escape' sounds very interesting! do you happen to have it?

I love such descriptions And it's indeed perfect.

Shite.. so that's what I forgot to add to my list for santa

 

[MulletProof]

oh, i dont care, perle!, it's no longer an issue as i keep changing people's sex even in real life

 

[morbidexistence]

WOW
AMAZING, SINISTER.....

 

[Honey~Blade]

This is truly beautiful.

 

[softgrey]

i love the STRENGTH in her work.......

 

[Whitelinen]

I like the underwater pictures and the close-to-the-face pictures.

 

[Whitelinen]

The first one in the second post is elegant.

 

[heykitten]

I love the starkness juxtaposed with the beautiful in her. Thanks for posting

 

[iperlchen]

*bump*

Innocent Muse
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[iperlchen]

Soma Magazine - Brace Me
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[iperlchen]

miscelleanous..
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[iperlchen]

beauty
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[wheneveriwakeup]

^

Such tenebrous passion in those photos. I have never seen disquietude and tranquility joined in such an impressive marriage. Totally set my fire for today...

Thanks for sharing these lovely photos, iperlchen!

 

[MicheleIman]

I love her pictures, they are amazing! They are so clean and crisp.

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

like falling down a well and finding a utopia

 

[leda]

stumbled upon these two today...

Calikartel magazine, calikartel.com