Yurie Nagashima

A look into the work of Yurie Nagashima, one of the most important voices in Japanese photography to emerge in the 1990s. This video explores how her deeply personal images of family, identity, and everyday life challenged traditional ideas of photography in Japan, blending intimacy with sharp social commentary. From her early work to her broader practice across writing, research, and installation, Nagashima’s approach reshaped how photographers could use their own lives as subject matter. If you’re interested in photography that pushes beyond aesthetics and into something more honest and confrontational, this is a body of work worth understanding.