Sho Niiro (b. 1982) is a photographer born and based in Yokohama, Japan. Now in Tokyo. First opportunity I met Photography was when I took Ikko Narahara’s Photo book “Human Land (1956)” casually at library, I was 19 then. After that once I began to study physics and science at Univ., but switched and concentrated Photography.
My theme is to record the landscape and a city that is or will be lost by redevelopment and any other reasons.
I believe that it is the power of the photography. And this 7 years, I have taken flop house area (like a slum) in Tokyo, and published 2 books about it. I've taken while working in the flop house actually and this project is still going on. I published 2nd photo book “Another Side” on 2012 by using crowd funding, this was a first project in Japan.
CV
1982 Born in Yokohama, Japan
2001 Graduated Azabu high school
2002 Enter Waseda Univ. and major in applied physics
2006 Drop out Waseda Univ.
2009 Participated a Gallery Niepce (-2010)
2012 Teach how to make a digital print as a teacher at Kawasaki city museum
Solo Exhibition
Route 1 (Gallery Niepce, Tokyo 2006.6)
Yokohama, my fairest home town (Garellia Q, Tokyo 2007.9)
Out Line (Garellia Q, Tokyo 2008.2)
Dystopia Nippon (Gallery Niepce, Tokyo 2009.2)
Sanya Now (Gallery Niepce, Tokyo 2009.6)
Route 1 #2 (Gallery Niepce, Tokyo 2009.8)
Dystopia Nippon #2 (Gallery Niepce, Tokyo 2010.1)
Route 1 #3 (Gallery Niepce, Tokyo2010.4)
NoSunnyDays (Gallery Niepce, Tokyo 2010.9)
Sanya (Zen Foto Gallery, Beijing 2011.1)
Another Side (Hiroshima University 2012.10)
Tokyo Foto (from LibroArte , 2012)
NoFoundPhotography(Paris, 2012)
Japan Expo (Paris, 2014)
Tsukiji Zero (Fugen-Sha, Tokyo 2015.6)
Another Side (Berg, Tokyo 2016.4)
Another Side #2 (Loft, Tokyo 2016.7)
PEELING CITY (Fugen-Sha, Tokyo 2017.9)
PEELING CITY (book obsucura, Tokyo 2018.2)
PEELING CITY (gallery176, Oosaka 2018.4)
HeriSide (Fugen-Sha, Tokyo 2019.9)
Group Exhibition
vs. Station by Dystopia Photographers (Gallery Niepce 2009.9)
Spicilegium Amecitiae (Totem Pole Photo Gallery 2010.11)
Spicilegium Amecitiae (Totem Pole Photo Gallery 2011)
The Histoic Future 8.4 Yokohama Sho Niiro×Tastuya Shimohira (Kanagawa, Daizouji Temple)
Tsukiji labyrinth (with Katsuyoshi Tsuchiya Fugen-Sha 2016.12)
Publishment
Sanya (2010 Zen Foto Gallery) link
Another Side (2012 LibroArte) Link
Tsukiji Zero 築地0景 (2015 Fugen-Sha)
>>go to my page
Magazines
art_ticle 12.2010
cover photo of Kadokawa Haruki’s book from series “Dystopia Nippon” 2010
Ushio magazine - photo report about Sanya (6p) 2010
CAPA 12.2012
DRY - photo essaay 2012
Nippon Camera 01.2013
Asahi Camera 01.2013
NoFoundPhotography official book 2013
SHUTTER magazine Vol.14 2014.9
Asahi Camera 5p in Tokyo Maniac 2015.7
TV Show
Kitano Takeshi : TV tackle 2015.11
on website
http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/07/28/sho-niiro-from-dystopia-nippon-series/
http://activperspectivexxi.blogspot.jp/2009/12/niiro-sho-japan-photography-nerorism.html
http://www.doc-arts.asia/library/sanya/
http://zenfotogalleryartists.tumblr.com/post/56308270653/sho-niiro-japan-sanya-sho-niiro
http://www.kasumi-foto.com/?paged=2
http://www.positive-magazine.com/photography/nofound-the-contemporary-photography-fair-in-paris/
http://iphonecameraapp.org/archives/785
and others
crowd funding
https://readyfor.jp/projects/nerorismsuccessed
Talkshow
Sanya NOW 2010.06.26 @ Naked Loft (Shinjyuku, Tokyo)
Photo Session with Enzo, Co-founder of InstagramersJapan
AppleStore Shibuya “iPhone for photographer”
LWP ASAKUSA 2012
Lecture at Waseda University 2015,11
1982年 横浜生まれ
2001年 麻布学園卒業
2002年 早稲田大学理工学部応用物理学科入学
2006年 同大学中退
2009年 Gallery Niepceのメンバーに参加(-2010)
2012年 川崎市市民ミュージアムにて写真講座の講師を務める
個展
道脈 (Gallery Niepce,Tokyo 2006.6)
横浜遥か近景 (Garellia Q,Tokyo 2007.9)
Out Line (Garellia Q,Tokyo 2008.2)
Dystopia Nippon (Gallery Niepce,Tokyo 2009.2)
山谷Now (Gallery Niepce,Tokyo 2009.6)
道脈 #2 (Gallery Niepce,Tokyo 2009.8)
Dystopia Nippon #2 (Gallery Niepce,Tokyo 2010.1)
道脈 #3 (Gallery Niepce,Tokyo2010.4)
NoSunnyDays (Gallery Niepce,Tokyo 2010.9)
山谷 (Zen Foto Gallery, 北京 2011.1)
Tokyo Foto (from LibroArte 2012.9)
帳場カメラマンが見た山谷 (広島大学 2012.10)
NoFoundPhotography(Paris, 2012.11)
Japan Expo (Paris, 2014)
築地0景 (ふげん社、東京 2015,6)
Another Side (新宿ベルク 2016)
Another Side (渋谷Loft 2016)
PEELING CITY(ふげん社、東京 2017,6)
PEELING CITY (book obsucura, 東京 2018.2)
PEELING CITY (gallery176, 大阪 2018.4)
ヘリサイド(ふげん社、東京 2019,9)
グループ展
vs. Station by Dystopia Photographers (Gallery Niepce 2009.9)
Spicilegium Amecitiae (Totem Pole Photo Gallery 2010.11)
Spicilegium Amecitiae (Totem Pole Photo Gallery 2011)
The Histoic Future 8.4 Yokohama 新納翔×下平竜矢 (大蔵寺 唯摩堂、神奈川)
photobookshow One Eyed Jacks Gallery .Brighton, England( 6 – 15 June 2014)
写真集
山谷 (2010 Zen Foto Gallery) link ボールペン画家佐藤明日香による山谷マップ付き
Another Side (2012 LibroArte) Link
築地0景 (2015 ふげん社)
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クラウドファウンディング
日本で初めてクラウドファウンディングを用いて写真集の出版に成功いたしました。
月刊キャパなどで紹介。
Ready for
https://readyfor.jp/projects/nerorism 成功
主な掲載 書籍
art_ticle 2010年12月号 文 マーク・ピアソン(禅フォトギャラリー)
ハルキ・ホラー文庫 実録怪談集百物語第九夜 カバー写真
総合雑誌「潮」2010.10月号 フォトレポート掲載 (6ページ)
月刊CAPA12月号
日本カメラ2013年1月号
アサヒカメラ2013年1月号
NoFoundPhotography 公式カタログ 2013
SHUTTER magazine Vol.14 2014.9月号
アサヒカメラ 8月号 2015.7
週刊女性 2016.5.17
掲載 ウェブサイト
http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/07/28/sho-niiro-from-dystopia-nippon-series/
http://activperspectivexxi.blogspot.jp/2009/12/niiro-sho-japan-photography-nerorism.html
http://www.doc-arts.asia/library/sanya/
http://zenfotogalleryartists.tumblr.com/post/56308270653/sho-niiro-japan-sanya-sho-niiro
http://www.kasumi-foto.com/?paged=2
http://www.positive-magazine.com/photography/nofound-the-contemporary-photography-fair-in-paris/
http://iphonecameraapp.org/archives/785
テレビ出演
テレビ朝日系 TVタックル (2015.11)
スカパー「ダラケ」 (2016.2)
5時に夢中 (2017)