Miyamoto Ryuji
Kowloon Walled City
1987
gelatin silver print
©Ryuji Miyamoto 1987
courtesy of TARO NASU

Born 1947, Tokyo, Japan. A contemporary photographer, well-known for his works of wasted architectural sites, Miyamoto was given spotlight for his photographs of the Kowloon Walled City series of 1993 and the demolished cityscapes after the strike of the Kobe earthquake of 1995. His interest then shifted from wasted architectural sites to wasted human beings and the homelessness epidemic in Japanese cities, where the homeless and their dwellings were featured in his photographs. The Corrugated Cardboard Houses series is one of the noted ones of his homelessness photographs. Miyamoto extends this project further, where he constructs “pin-hole houses,” which refers to and resembles the camera obscura structure. Silhouettes of himself are often contained within the photographic frame, attempting to evoke the universal yearning of refuge and shelter. Miyamoto currently lives and works in Tokyo.

1947年生于日本东京。当代摄影师，因其选取废弃建筑物为题材的作品而闻名。宮本隆司的1993九龙城寨系列照片和1995神户大地震后被摧毁的城市景象都备受瞩目。此后他的兴趣从废弃的建筑物转向日本城市中被遗弃的人和普遍流行的无家可归感，这些城市中无家可归的任何他们的住处都成为其作品的标志。《起伏的纸板房》系列是他反映丢失家园的照片其中最重名的一个。宮本隆司将这个作品继续延伸，建造了一个“针孔房子”，采用类似于照相机的遮光结构。摄影框架里也经常有他自己的侧面轮廓，试图唤起对归属的向往。Miyamoto经常在东京工作和生活。