CHIEKO SHIRAISHI

Chieko Shiraishi is a Japanese photographer, born in 1968 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Alongside Katsuhito Nakazato and Kazuo Kitai, in a workshop in Funabashi-shi in Chiba Prefecture, she learned how to use the darkroom and master printing techniques. This experience allowed her to create an intimate world for herself, and to become a true virtuoso of silver halide printing.

With a real plastic ambition, Chieko does not hesitate to complete her images with a brushstroke or a rag. She is in a search for perfection, with very meticulous work, bringing out every detail of the image. The different processes she uses allow her to give a pictorial aspect so particular that we find on all of her prints.

Since 1998, she has presented about twenty solo exhibitions in several galleries in Japan (Tokyo, Chiba and Osaka), Italy (Venice) and France (Paris). Her work is part of the permanent collections of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts and the Ashikaga Museum of Art.

Chieko Shiraishi has also published several photography books, including Saboten to Shippo (Cactus and Tail) in 2008 and Shimakage (Shadow of the Island) in 2015. She also co-published Umi ni Shizunda Machi (Cities That Have Sunk into the Sea) in 2011. In 2019, she even won the prestigious Higashikawa Prize for her book Shikawatari (The Crossing of Deer). Today, Chieko lives and works in Tokyo.

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Chieko Shiraishi is a Japanese photographer born in 1968 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa prefecture. Working alongside Katsuhito Nakazato and Kazuo Kitai in a studio in Funabashi-shi in Chiba prefecture, she studied photography and darkroom technique. This experience allowed her to create an intimate world for herself, and to become a true master of silver printing.

Chieko does not hesitate to add a paintbrush on her images. She aims for perfection, working meticulously to bring out every detail in the image. The different techniques she uses give her images a distinctive pictorial quality that can be seen in all her prints.

Since 1998, she has had around twenty solo exhibitions in several galleries in Japan (Tokyo, Chiba and Osaka), Italy (Venice) and France (Paris). Her work is part of the permanent collections of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts and the Ashikaga Museum of Art.

Chieko Shiraishi has also published several books, including Saboten to Shippo (Cactus and Tail) in 2008 and Shimakage (Island Shadow) in 2015. She also co-published Umi ni Shizunda Machi (Cities that Sank into the Sea) in 2011. In 2019 , she even won the prestigious Higashikawa prize for her book Shikawatari (The Deer Crossing). Today, Chieko lives and works in Tokyo.