AOYAMA Yuki

AOYAMA Yuki was born in 1978 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, and is currently based in Tokyo.

In 2002, after cycling across Japan and embarking on two journeys around the world, he resolved to devote his life to photography. Following his graduation from the University of Tsukuba in 2005 with a degree in psychology, he moved to Tokyo to establish himself as an independent photographer. In 2007, he received the Excellence Award at Canon’s New Cosmos of Photography.

Since 2009, Aoyama has published more than 100 books, including numerous photobooks, many of which have been translated into other languages. His series"schoolgirl complex" was adapted into a feature film in 2013, and his publications have become bestsellers with cumulative sales exceeding 100,000 copies.

In addition to photographing actors, idols, and entertainers who have become icons of their time, Aoyama creates works such as "Solaryman", "schoolgirl complex", and "Shōjo Raisan (In Praise of Girls)". These portrait series take “symbolic figures in Japanese society” as their motif, while also reflecting his personal perspectives on adolescence, girlhood, and the figure of the father.