Photographer Ryota Kyoshima

Born in Yamanashi Prefecture in February 1979. Currently lives in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Inspired by the magnificent scenery of Australia, where he spent a year from 2001, he moved to Tokyo to pursue photography after returning to Japan. After several years of experience as an assistant, he went independent in 2007 .
In 2014, he was involved in the production of the art magazine "MONTEM," which focuses on various artists active around the world, and in recent years he has been focusing on the "Symbiosis" project, which he has been photographing since 2012, focusing on the relationship between Japan's rich nature and the people who live there, as well as the animals and plants that inhabit it, and exploring each and every connection between them.

His main activities include the solo exhibition "URASHIMA" (Shinjuku/Osaka Nikon Salon Juna21) in 2015 and the solo exhibition "What Lies Beyond Silence" (Ginza/Osaka Nikon Salon) in 2017. In 2019, he was selected as a finalist for the 8th EMON AWARD. In 2021, he will hold the solo exhibition "In the Flowing Sounds" at Gallery Fugensha, and in January 2023, he will hold the solo exhibition "Traces of the Wind" at Sony Imaging Gallery.