Miki Takashima


Miki is a photographer and writer. She is based in New York, where she works on architecture-related projects.

Bio

Miki Takashima was born in 1983 and raised in Yokohama, Japan. A quiet spontaneity and actively empathetic approach guides her desire to discover and reveal the souls of subjects ranging from ordinary people to dirt roads.

Miki’s interest in the arts began early. As a young person, she loved drawing but struggled with color. When she encountered photography, a new confidence and deep appreciation for the care and tactility inherent in the analog developed. Miki’s current practice is shaped by her experiences of New York, where she has been based since 2016. She is interested in the places where time, transience, and texture meet and exploring notions of beauty, imperfection, and contrasts found throughout daily life.

A self-taught photographer, Miki studied Space Design at the Kuwasawa Design Institute in Tokyo and soon after launched, and has continued to maintain, an active freelance photography career. Her clean documentary style has helped build the images of clients and companies including ANA, Honda, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Sony, and more.

An ongoing series considering the ways in which living spaces reflect the diverse ideas and cultures of their inhabitants appears regularly in the long-running Japanese architectural publication Jutaku Kenchiku.


 

Contact

T: +1 929 435 9530
E: mikitakashim@gmail.com

New York | Tokyo