Takayuki OGAWA 小川隆之
(b. 1936, Tokyo, Japan, d. 2008)

Takayuki Ogawa had been working as freelance in advertising industry. His most celebrated series of photos named “New York Is” were shot there between 1967 and ’68. While adopting a documentary style, Ogawa portrays the streets of New York from a personal, subjective point of view, in a somewhat stylish fashion that explicitly suggests his unique aesthetic. After returning to Japan, Camera Mainichi magazine dedicated the first 41 pages of their September ’68 issue to the photographer who went on to win a Newcomer Award from the Japan Photo Critics Association in the same year. Collections of Ogawa’s works are being kept at George Eastman House (USA), Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Kawasaki City Museum and Nihon University among others.