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Life and career
Born in Osaka, Japan in the 60’s. Brought up in the cradle at Kyoto.

He graduated from Tokyo College of Photography. And also studied Aesthetics and Art History at Keio University, Tokyo.

In 1987, visited Cambridge in Massachusetts, United States as a graduate student. Majored in History of Arts and Urban planning at Harvard University. Moved to New York in ‘89, after finishing the program at Cambridge. Acquired Ph.D, by the dissertation for “Iconology in Renaissance” at New York ’93.

In 1990, concludes an artist contract with a contemporary art gallery in New York and obtains sponsorship of production cost for six months to work on his first work in Florence, Italy. Through this first experience, he decides to become fully committed to photographic art.

For the next fifteen years, he pursues his own possibility of sensitivity and intuition in fine art photography in the world of his objective image.

His first and most abiding passion from youth was photography, which he pursued over all these years, as time would permit.

His works have been offered as a commissions-work for decoration or the ornaments in Hotels, Nightclubs and Boutiques of fashion brands in the United States and European Union.

Afterwards, his work was supported by the needs of collectors in the existing markets in Europe and the United States that deal with original print works. In addition, he has provided numerous works and images for the branding demands and the other needs of various domestic and foreign companies.

Since 2002, by initiating this endeavor in Japan, he has had the opportunity to pursue the possibility of Art Photography through the various media that have used his images in their publications.

2014, currently a Manhattan, New York resident.

He continues to pursue the meaning of “fine art” as an artist.[1][2][3]

Work philosophy
He chose the "Creation" of photography as a way to explore the "beauty" that impressed him, seeking its consummation. A "Lull-Calm" is one of the answers; it is a "fluctuation" in the place where he stays. It becomes the axis of his current expression. The concept of "Nagi-Lull" commends that sensibility, but also that phenomenon (Nagi -凪-) is regarded as an attribute of the moment; an intersection of the temporal and the spatial. The distinct characteristics of the abstract reality possessed by monochrome photos are responsible for the core of the idiom. [1]

The creed
He believes that "-Beautiful- is an instinct” (Seeking/understanding beauty is one of the attributes of being human, one of our basic instincts.). [1]

Awards

 * Black&White Magazine (USA);　Annual Awards 2006,　Merit Award[9]
 * Black&White Spider Awards 2007 (Int.l.); Annual Awards Nominee.[2][5]

Works & Serial publication

 * [Il Concerto] 1991 “Work book” (Cantini publisher, Italy)
 * [Tokyo International Forum] 1996 “The volume at the request”
 * [The moment of Happiness]  2003 “Serialize” at Modern Living Magazine (Hachette Fujingaho )
 * [The memory of Lull] 2004 ”Serialize” at Modern Living Magazine (Hachette Fujingaho)
 * [Art in MoMA ] 2005 “Serialize” at Modern Living Magazine (Hachette Fujingaho)
 * [The symbol of Lull]    2006 “Serialize” at Modern Living Magazine (Hachette Fujingaho )[2][4]

Exhibitions
[2][5]
 * [3days in China Town] Exposure Gallery (PARCO) 1993.
 * [Photography as Interior, Project of Collaboration with ML] at Cassina Ixc, Aoyama Tokyo Japan. 2005.
 * [凪・NAGI] Emon Photo Gallery 2009.
 * [PORTRAIT] Emon Photo Gallery 2011.
 * [Director’s Choice Vol.2] Emon Photo Gallery 2012
 * [Director’s Choice Vol.3 B&W Exhibition] Emon Photo Gallery 2013.
 * [凪―nagi― Naoki Kimura, Exhibition to celebrate the publication.] Emon Photo Gallery 2014.

Commission Works

 * 1988. Image supply to “Interior Design Magazine” for “Thai Dynasty”
 * 1991. Installment exhibition and Sales of art at “Heritage Place Boston”.
 * 1993. Installment exhibition and Sales of art at “Burberry New York”.Appears at “Frankfurt book fair ‘93” Photo book “Il Concerto” (Cantini publising, Italy).
 * 1996. Collaboration Project with Rafael Vinoly Architects 1(New York)  for Tokyo International Forum Original goods Naoki placed sales at art shop 1997-.
 * 1998. Exhibition/Auction of “Il concerto” works at Villa Medici in Florence as the private collection.
 * 2004. Exhibition and sales art at Mistukoshi Flagship store in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan.
 * 2005. Exhibition and Sales art at CASSINA IXC., Flagship Store Aoyama,Tokyo, Japan.
 * 2007. Exhibition/Auction at View Point Gallery (CA. USA).
 * 2008. Creative project and Magazine publication at MoMA, New York.
 * 2009- Art Image supply for “Aio-n” Ginza, produced by Masayuki Tsuchiya.
 * 2011. Exhibition and sales art at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi (Emon Photo gallery)
 * 2014. Art image supplying as the title back for [Art stage -The beautiful symposium of artists] on “Tokyo Metropolitan Television”[5]

Related Topic

 * Fine art photography
 * Black and White Photography