時津 剛｜TAKESHI TOKITSU
Takeshi Tokitsu is a Tokyo-based photographer and visual artist. His long-term practice explores the invisible social structures and underlying forces that shape contemporary Japanese society. Working across a broad range of methods—from traditional documentary approaches to material-driven conceptual practices—he constructs multilayered visual narratives through exhibitions and photobooks.
Focusing on deeper mechanisms embedded in urban environments—such as systems of surveillance, inequality, and exclusion, as well as subtle pressures toward conformity and latent totalitarian tendencies—his work visualizes both physical and psychological shifts in society. These include people rendered invisible by urban transformation and changes in collective psychology that emerge as memories of war gradually fade.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 空氣 ATMOSPHERE / PlaceM
2025 BEHIND THE BLUE / KYOTOGRAPHIE（京都国際写真祭）KG+SELECT
2024 BEHIND THE BLUE / ニコンサロン
2020 東京自粛 COVID-19 SELF-RESTRAINT, TOKYO / PlaceM
2019 45 seconds / 新宿ゴールデン街・nagune
2018 CELL / ソニーイメージングギャラリー銀座
2013 DAYS FUKUSHIMA / 大阪ニコンサロン
2012 DAYS FUKUSHIMA / 銀座ニコンサロン
2025 ATMOSPHERE, PlaceM, Tokyo, Japan
2025 BEHIND THE BLUE, KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival, KG+SELECT, Kyoto, Japan
2024 BEHIND THE BLUE, Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
2020 TOKYO-JISHUKU: COVID-19 SELF-RESTRAINT, TOKYO, PlaceM, Tokyo, Japan
2019 45 seconds, nagune, Tokyo, Japan
2018 CELL, Sony Imaging Gallery Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2013 DAYS FUKUSHIMA, Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka, Japan
2012 DAYS FUKUSHIMA, Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
Publications
2025 空氣 ATMOSPHERE（私家版）
2024 BEHIND THE BLUE（私家版）
2020 東京自粛 COVID-19 SELF-RESTRAINT, TOKYO （PLEASE）
2025 ATMOSPHERE (photobook, self-published)
2024 BEHIND THE BLUE (photobook, self-published)
2020 TOKYO-JISHUKU: COVID-19 SELF-RESTRAINT, TOKYO (photobook, Please Publishing)
Awards / Recognition
2026 Critical Mass Top 50 ファイナリスト（Photolucida、米国）
2026 第34回 林忠彦賞 最終候補
2026 Site:Brooklyn Gallery「Art and Politics」オンライン展覧会 選出（ニューヨーク）
2026 ADC 105th Annual Awards 写真部門 審査員
2025 LensCulture「Favorite Photobooks 2025 — The Big List」掲載
2025 KYOTOGRAPHIE（京都国際写真祭）KG+SELECT ファイナリスト
2023 World Photo Annual（フォトジャーナリズム部門）Honorable Mention／People’s Vote Award
2021 Paris Photo Prize（写真集／ドキュメンタリー部門）ブロンズ賞
2011 日本雑誌写真記者会賞 最優秀賞
2026 Critical Mass, Top 50 Finalist, Photolucida, USA
2026 Finalist, 34th Tadahiko Hayashi Award
2026 Selected for the online exhibition “Art and Politics” at Site:Brooklyn Gallery, New York, USA
2026 Juror, Photography, ADC 105th Annual Awards
2025 Featured in LensCulture’s “Favorite Photobooks 2025 — The Big List”
2025 Finalist, KG+SELECT, KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival
2023 World Photo Annual, Photojournalism — Honorable Mention / People’s Vote Award
2021 Paris Photo Prize (PX3), Book/Documentary — Bronze
2011 Japan Magazine Photographers Association Award — Grand Prize