Image from the series A New River
Kyotographie: Gallery tour by photographer Iwane Ai
- 4 June 2026
- 14:00 - 14:45
- The Gallery, Japan House London, 101-111 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5SA
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Step into an immersive photographic installation through a guided gallery tour led by Iwane Ai, one of the two featured photographers in the exhibition Kyotographie: Kawada Kikuji x Iwane Ai.
Through her photography, Iwane reflects on altered landscapes and the transience of life in images that transcend geographical boundaries. She documents communities shaped by immigration and displacement, tracing how memory, environment and human experience shift over time.
During the tour, Iwane introduces the process behind her work, such as the award-winning series Kipuka, exploring the lives of Japanese immigrants in Hawaii. She also shares works from the series A New River, which captures cherry blossoms at night in Japan’s northeastern Tо̄hoku region during the COVID-19 crisis.
The exhibition Kyotographie: KawadaKikujix Iwane Ai is on display in the Gallery at Japan House London from 3 June until 18 October 2026.
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About the Speaker
Iwane Ai
Iwane Ai (b. 1975) began taking photographs while at high school in the United States, returning to Japan in 1996 to pursue a career in photography. In 2006, she started work on the series Kipuka, which explores Japanese immigrants in Hawaii and their relationship with Fukushima in Japan’s northeastern Tōhoku region. Her work continued in Tōhoku in 2020 with A New River, a complex study of overcoming grief. In this series, she captured cherry trees in bloom, with no one to view them, at a time when communities around the world were forced into isolation.
Iwane was awarded the 44th Kimura Ihei Photography Award (2019) and the 44th Ina Nobuo Award (2019) for her photobook Kipuka (published in 2018) and related exhibitions. She is also the recipient of the New Photographer Award at the 37th Higashikawa International Photography Festival (2021) and the 3rd Prix Pictet Japan Award (2022).
Admission Free | Booking Recommended
