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Mitsuaki Fujiwara

Mitsuaki Fujiwara is a photographer and filmmaker based in Tokyo, Japan.

For nearly two decades, his work in documentary filmmaking has taken him from the ice fields of Antarctica to small villages across Asia and Africa, observing landscapes and the lives shaped within them.

In recent years, photography has become the central focus of his practice. Through long-term engagement with specific places and communities, he develops projects that unfold over extended periods of time.

Glaciers, mountains, land and sea are formed through the accumulation of millions of years. Fujiwara's work explores the relationship between these traces of deep time and the lives lived upon them. Whether photographing a landscape or a portrait, he approaches both with the same patient gaze.

Mitsuaki Fujiwara

Mitsuaki Fujiwara

Awards
  • 2026 Sony World Photography Awards — Japan National Award, Shortlisted (Winds of the Frozen Continent)
  • 2026 London Photography Awards — Platinum Winner, People Photography / Portrait (Fleeting Bonds)
  • 2026 London Photography Awards — Gold Winner, People Photography / Culture and Children (Fleeting Bonds)
  • 2025 PX3, Paris — Honorable Mention, Portraiture / Children (Fleeting Bonds)
Contact

Available for exhibitions, publications, collaborations and print inquiries.