Born in 1984 in Okinawa, where he continues to live, Ryuichi Ishikawa graduated from Okinawa International University. His photography captures portraits of the people, streets and landscapes of his native Okinawa. The energy and appearance emanating from the subjects he frames in his viewfinder vividly reveal the multi-faceted nature of Japan today. In 2015, he won both the Kimura Ihei Award and Photographic Society of Japan Newcomer’s Award. Recent major exhibitions include “okinawan portraits 2012–2016” (Epson Imaging Gallery epSITE, Tokyo, 2016), “BODY/PLAY/POLITICS” (Yokohama Museum of Art, 2016), “Roppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice” (Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2016), “Once thinking, nothing before eyes” (Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino, 2016), and “+zkop” (OCAC, Okinawa, 2015). Major photo-books include A Grand Polyphony, okinawan portraits 2010–2012, and okinawan portraits 2012–2016 (all published by Akaaka Art Publishing).