Currently based in Tokyo, Ruriko Taguchi was born in 1978, in Nagoya of Aichi Prefecture. Taguchi took up photography in 2003 through self-study and, after winning the Fuji Photo Salon New Face Prize in the very same year, began her career as a professional photographer.
Read MoreWhilst working as a photographer for the music and magazine industry, she has consistently produced works that focused on female subjects, frequently exhibiting her photographs in various exhibitions and publications.
Key works include; "Keigai Doboku" (Bare Forms) (2010–), a portrait series of women's backs, "SCAPE" (2016–), a series of nudes reminiscent of landscapes, "KIYOKO" (2017–), portraits documenting her grandmother; and "CUT OFF" (2020), the artist's inaugural series of nude self-portraits.
Taguchi is a member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society and the Japan Stage Photographers Society.
Artist Website: https://rurikotaguchi.jp/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruriko_taguchi/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ruriko.taguchi.1Twitter: https://twitter.com/rurikoao