about Akiko

Freelance Documentary and Family Photographer based in Atlanta Georgia, US currently open for assignment.

Since my childhood spent in China, Pakistan, England, and Japan, I have always been interested in the diversity of experience of people around the world. My curiosity drives me to engage with these subjects to develop a rapport, and often a story results about how what makes them tick in the context of the wider world. I aim to use my curiosity as the drive to allow the experience of people to shine through.

Her photographs have appeared in:
BBC, The Washington Post, the Guardian, The Huffington Post Japan, the Lancet, Courrier Japon, Mainichi Weekly, Metro.co.uk, Livedoor News,  FOX News, Southwark News, #Photographers Magazine, People.com, Yahoo News, My Modern Met, The DoDo,  UOL, Gazeta.PL, イロリオ, Hankook Ilbo(Korea Times), A DAY MAGAZINE, Country Living Magazine,  . . .and so on.

Notable Past Projects:
・ Myanmar in the Here and Now (2014) — This project documented the fast changing minority landscape in Myanmar and was published in the Mainichi paper.
・ Living with Memory: A Story from a Philippine Village (2014-16) .
・ Tattoo Legend Confronts the Past (2015) — This project documented the last traditional tattoo artist of the Kalinga tribe, Whang Od, in North Luzon in the Philippines and was published in the Mainichi paper.
・ Jiji and Kinako (2017) — This project was a personal story for me and documented the love of a cat and an older man during the progression of Alzheimer’s disease and was picked up by many Alzheimer’s organisations around the world.
・ Intergenerational Project with the NHS (2018- )
・ Letters to the Loved Ones (2020)

Awards:
RPS (Royal Photographic Society/ 英国王立写真協会) International photography exhibition 160- Shortlist
Bob & Diane Fund (2017) – Finalist
ipa (International Photographers Award) People -Lifestyle (2017) – Honorable Mentions
ipa (International Photographers Award) Event – Traditions and Cultures (2017) – Honorable Mentions
IWPA (International Women Photographers Award) – Shortlist (2018)
ipa (International Photographers Award) Editorial – Photo Essay and Feature Story (2018) – Honorable Mentions
TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) – Editorial – Photo essay (2019) – Honorable Mention
TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) – Editorial – Photo essay (2020) – Honorable Mention
RPS (Royal Photographic Society/ 英国王立写真協会) International photography exhibition 163- Shortlist
Prix de la Photographie de Paris – Honorable Mention (2022)
ipa (International Photographers Award) – Editorial – Official Selection (2022)
ipa (International Photographers Award) – People – Official Selection (2022)

Schedule for the next few months
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