Self-image Mika Ninagawa

Mika Ninagawa is one of Japan’s most prominent photographers and film directors. Strikingly different from the "vivid, saturated colors" that have become her trademark, Self-image is a distinct and deeply vital photobook, centering on the monochrome self-portraits she has taken since the earliest days of her career.

Her lens captures her own raw, unembellished body, her inner turbulence, and the stark boundaries of the "self" exposed through relationships with others. Stripped of the signifier of color, the high contrast of light and shadow lays bare her primal photographic impulse and a poignant, almost desperate gaze toward existence.

Dismantling her own public persona as "Mika Ninagawa," this volume stands as her most introspective and deeply personal monologue, simultaneously revealing the vulnerability and strength that lie within her depths.