Some of her more famous works are of rituals. Image credit: in 1972, she was inspired to be a photographer while studying graphic design at the Seian University of Art and Design.

Rinko Kawauchi is known for her stylistic dream-like photos and use of soft colours and simple compositions. With some luck, you’ll be inspired to create your unique style, too. We’ve made a list of some of the most influential Japanese photographers who continue to be studied today. Several Japanese photographers picked up their lenses to document the lives and landscape around them, unknowingly creating a distinct style that would define Japanese photography and influence generations of budding photographers. Photography – photojournalism in particular – was on the rise around the world. In the years following World War II (WWII), cameras became more advanced and affordable. With a robust camera industry and a flair for the fine arts, it’s no surprise that Japan has a strong photography culture. Japan has a huge photographic industry – if you were to name a camera brand, it’s likely to be Japanese.

For more information see adapted from (clockwise from top-left): Daido Moriyama Photo Foundation, Rinko Kawauchi, Michael Hoppen Gallery, Takehito Miyatake This video is part of the Global Lives Project, a video library of life experience. This video was produced by Irene Herrera, Ron Carr, Andreina Lairet, Nobuhiro Awata, Helio Ishii, Claudianna Blanco, Kiyomi Nakai, Wakako Iguchi, Mariko Nagaba, Chieko Kato, Erika Aragon, Simone Goldsmith, Mike Olsen, Jon Jameson, Sakura Ono, Samson Yee, Tiffany Wang, Yumi Garcia, and Dos Santos. She has served as a Girl Scout mentor and has also lobbied towards the development of barrier-free cities that increase accessibility for the physically challenged. Although Rumi can walk, she still uses a wheelchair to travel long distances. Due to an accident in 2005, she lost the use of her right leg. At the time of the Global Lives Project shoot, she was about to graduate from Atomi University with a degree in Management Studies, and had a job lined-up with Fujitsu as a systems engineer. Rumi Nagashima was born in 1984 in Higashi-Koganei, a suburb of Tokyo, Japan. She was 22 years old at the time of the shoot.

This is part of a 24-hour recording of a day in the life of Rumi Nagashima, a college student and girl scout troop leader from Tokyo, Japan.

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