Mika Ninagawa

Mika Ninagawa

Mika Ninagawa ( Japanese 蜷 川 実 花 , Ninagawa Mika ; born October 18, 1972 in Chōfu , Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese photographer and film director .

Life

Ninagawa has become known since the mid-1990s for her colorful photographs of flowers, fish and landscapes, which she published in several photo volumes. She also has great success in the fashion and advertising industries. She has made two feature films since 2006 and has made a number of music videos featuring the music of Japanese and foreign artists and groups.

On the Bund in Shanghai , based on Ninagawa's designs, the Shanghai Rose Café was built in the former Shanghai Rowing Club at the mouth of the Suzhou River in the Huangpu , and opened in February 2013.

Prizes and awards

• 1996: Grand Prix at the 9th Shashin Hitotsubo Ten.
• 1996: Prize at the 13th Canon New Cosmos of Photography competition .
• 1998: Encourage Award at the 9th Konica competition .
• 2000. Kimura Ihei Shashin-shō of the Asahi Shimbun publishing house .
• 2006: Art Prize of the Ōhara Art Museum .

Photo books

• A piece of heaven . Editions Treville, Tokyo, Japan 2002, ISBN 4-309-90493-9 .
• Liquid dreams . Editions Treville, Tokyo, Japan 2003, ISBN 4-309-90556-0 .
• Acid bloom . Nazraeli Press, Portland, Oregon, USA 2004, ISBN 1-59005-066-5 .
• Floating Yesterday . Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan 2005, ISBN 4-06-213075-0 .

Movies and music videos

• 2006: Sakuran .
• 2010: Heavy Rotation , AKB48 , also the CD jacket.
• 2011: Yosibute Fantasy , AKB48.
• 2011: Sugar Rush , soundtrack by AKB48 for the Disney film Wreck-It Ralph , German: Ralph is enough .
• 2012: Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys on a music video produced for Japan.
• 2012: Real film Helter Skelter with Erika Sawajiri based on the manga of the same name .
• 2013: Issen Ichibiō from Exile .
• 2013: Sayonara Crawl , AKB48.
• 2015: Kaguya with the boy band NEWS .
• 2019: Dinner

Web links

• Homepage
• Mika Ninagawa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• History of Shanghai Rose (English)