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Kazuhiko Matsumura "Heartstrings"
Hachiku-an (Former Kawasaki Residence)
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Kazuhiko Matsumura
Born in 1980, photojournalist Kazuhiko Matsumura started working for the Japanese newspaper Kyoto Shimbun in 2003. Since then he has been exploring topics related to human life, social security, and care work.
He has published two photo books: Subtle Beauty (Kyoto Shimbun Publishing Center, 2014), about the lives of maiko (geisha apprentices) and geiko in Kyoto, and Guru Guru (self-published, 2016), a personal project tracing the interwoven paths of life through photographs of birth and death in his own family.
At KG+ in the spring of 2019, Matsumura exhibited his series Elusive Rainbow, about the life and work of Dr. Kazuteru Hayakawa (1924–2018), a Kyoto-based pioneer of elderly-friendly medical care. Having been on the receiving end of the medical care system himself, Dr. Hayakawa possessed a multifaceted view of issues surrounding medical care. Elusive Rainbow depicts the history of social and medical care in Japan through Dr. Hayakawa’s life; it won an Honorable Mention at the 2021 Canon New Cosmos of Photography Awards.
Matsumura has also been covering dementia for many years, publishing photographs and articles in Kyoto Shimbun and various magazines. For his new series Heartstrings, he photographed four people with dementia and their families and caretakers, tracing their changing lives as the illness progresses. Heartstrings was unveiled at KG+Select 2022 and won the jury’s Grand Prize. At Kyotographie 2023, this work will be exhibited. Matsumura’s work presents his audience with an opportunity to deepen their knowledge of dementia and softly illuminates many hidden aspects of Japan’s super-aging society.
He has published two photo books: Subtle Beauty (Kyoto Shimbun Publishing Center, 2014), about the lives of maiko (geisha apprentices) and geiko in Kyoto, and Guru Guru (self-published, 2016), a personal project tracing the interwoven paths of life through photographs of birth and death in his own family.
At KG+ in the spring of 2019, Matsumura exhibited his series Elusive Rainbow, about the life and work of Dr. Kazuteru Hayakawa (1924–2018), a Kyoto-based pioneer of elderly-friendly medical care. Having been on the receiving end of the medical care system himself, Dr. Hayakawa possessed a multifaceted view of issues surrounding medical care. Elusive Rainbow depicts the history of social and medical care in Japan through Dr. Hayakawa’s life; it won an Honorable Mention at the 2021 Canon New Cosmos of Photography Awards.
Matsumura has also been covering dementia for many years, publishing photographs and articles in Kyoto Shimbun and various magazines. For his new series Heartstrings, he photographed four people with dementia and their families and caretakers, tracing their changing lives as the illness progresses. Heartstrings was unveiled at KG+Select 2022 and won the jury’s Grand Prize. At Kyotographie 2023, this work will be exhibited. Matsumura’s work presents his audience with an opportunity to deepen their knowledge of dementia and softly illuminates many hidden aspects of Japan’s super-aging society.
Schedule | Apr 15 (Sat) 2023-May 14 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||
| Website | https://www.kyotographie.jp/en/programs/2023/kazuhiko-matsumura/ | ||
| Venue | Hachiku-an (Former Kawasaki Residence) https://www.kurochiku.co.jp/hachikuan/ | ||
| Location | 340 Sanjyo-cho Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-8205 | ||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit 6 at Karasuma Oike Station on the Karasuma and Tozai subway lines, 8 minute walk from exit 26 at Karasuma Station on the Hankyu line. | ||
| Phone | 075-708-7189 | ||
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