Eriko Kaniwa is an international award winning photographic fine artist based in Tokyo, and the creator of the Sensegraphia Fine Art Photography. Sensegraphia is a conceptual redefinition of photography, in which the visual aesthetics of the photograph are used to develop and express a sense of nature that enables us to recognize that humans are a part of nature and that we are centrally involved in nature’s dynamics.
Kaniwa has spent some years, exploring the symbols of Japanese nature worship, which are exemplified in the “eight million gods” of Shinto, and reflecting on how ancient Japanese viewed natural scenery and symbolized it as an object of prayer. Traveling to over twenty locations throughout Japan, the images are collected, together with text, in her book JOKEI: Symbols of Nature Worship, Sacred Places in Japan. The book was multiple awarded internationally as the one of the best fine art photo books.
Her photographic artwork can be found at some galleries, international art fairs such as Paris Photo, and also have been featured in some photographic art magazine such as Contemporary Art Curator magazine, NY ART News and others.

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