Fine Art Photo Pulse
- City Explorer with an iPhone -
Aigetsu KISHABA
(b. 1995, Ishigaki, Okinawa)
(b. 1995, Ishigaki, Okinawa)
Biography
She is an award-winning eco-conscious artist who loves strolling through the city with her iPhone, capturing the unique beauty of urban landscapes. Her passion for tilt-shift photography and flower photography allows her to showcase a harmonious world where nature and humanity beautifully coexist.
From an early age, she showed an exceptional talent for painting and calligraphy, winning numerous awards in various competitions around Japan from the age of 9.
At the age of 11, a picture book based on a true story was published nationwide and widely covered by TV, radio, and educational magazines, touching the hearts of many people. This experience deeply influenced her artistic career.
At the age of 22, she moved from Okinawa to Tokyo. The journey of Fine Art Photo Pulse began with walking through the streets of Tokyo, capturing photos with her iPhone.
In her Flowers in the Sun series, she uses the sense of color she developed in painting, and in her Flowers In The Dark series, she uses flowers in the dark to show the beauty of living strong.
Through tilt-shift photography, she aims to convey that humanity is not the ruler of the Earth but rather an integral part of it.
Selected Awards
Good Deed Award from the Naha District Legal Affairs Bureau Ishigaki Branch and the Ishigaki Human Rights Protection Committee (2006)
Exemplary Student Award from the Okinawa Prefecture Student Awards (2006)
Grand Prize for the Best Slogan in the Red Soil Erosion Prevention Campaign, organized by the Ishigaki Island Marine Environment Conservation Council
Idea Award in the 31st "My Idea Piggy Bank" Contest, organized by Japan Post
Grand Prize for the Essay Category in the 43rd Mother's Day Essay and Art Contest
Excellence Award in the Okinawa Prefecture Contest of the National Junior High School Human Rights Essay Contest
Grand Prize in the Art Category of the Peace Message from Children and Students (2005)
Grand Prize in the Art Category of the Peace Message from Children and Students (2006)
Top Prize in the 4th Okinawa Tourism Painting Contest
Grand Prize in the Art Category of the 51st Okinawa Times Essay, Art, and Calligraphy Contest for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students, organized by the Okinawa Times
Grand Prize in the Art Category of the 52nd Okinawa Times Essay, Art, and Calligraphy Contest for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students, organized by the Okinawa Times
Grand Prize in the 21st JTA Aozora Art Contest, organized by Japan Transocean Air
Grand Prize in the Poster Category of the 14th Okinawa Prefecture Junior High School Cultural Festival
Grand Prize in the Poster Category of the Ishigaki Board of Education's Oral Health Week Poster Contest
11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters Director's Award in the 5th "Blue Ocean to Protect for the Future" Art Contest, organized by the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters
Excellence Award in the 50th Western Japan Book Review and Illustration Contest, organized by the Kyushu and Yamaguchi Prefecture School Library Associations and the Nishinippon Shimbun
Excellence Award in the 52nd Western Japan Book Review and Illustration Contest, organized by the Kyushu and Yamaguchi Prefecture School Library Associations and the Nishinippon Shimbun