Kenji Chiga

Born in 1982, in Shiga Prefecture. Graduated from Osaka University. After graduation, he moved to Tokyo to work as an assistant to a fashion photographer. Subsequently he participated in various workshops and mastered how to create works with a documentary touch.

Awards
2017 Shortlisted for the Kassel Dummy Award, with “happn” and “Bird, Night, and then”
2017 Grand Prize in the 16th “1_WALL” Photography Competition
2016 Four works selected for inclusion in the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts’ “Young Portfolio”
2016 Honorary Mention for the Life Framer “HUMANS OF THE WORLD” award
2016 Bronze Prize in the Book Documentary Category at the Tokyo International Foto Awards
2014 Selected for inclusion in the Photography Category of the Japan Advertising Photographers’ Association (APA) Awards