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A striking collection of shows include 60s shop workers turned into icons of glamour, awestruck visions of nature and scenes of female oppression in Afghanistan. By Charlotte Jansen Tuesday 29 October 2024

At first, it looks like a nature-themed Pinterest board, a constellation of neatly arranged, anodyne squares. Rinko Kawauchi’s photographs don’t pierce or punch, hers is a quieter gaze. As the 52-year-old Japanese photographer says “people often say that I have a child’s eye”.

A screenshot taken from the review of Bristol Photo Festival in The Guardian featuring one of Rinko Kawauchi's photographs - a single, green leaf with a drop of water in the centre

About the Artist

a colour photograph portrait of the artist Rinko Kawauchi

Rinko Kawauchi

Rinko Kawauchi is a renowned Japanese photographer whose work often focus on finding beauty in the ordinary moments of everyday life.

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