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「STUDIO VOIDE」2008年3月号より

殿村任香は写真界に現れた黒女豹である。
エロス、愛、関係性、写真というアートに対する獰猛さ。
これは新しい３Pだネ。月に２、３回交わろう。

荒木経惟

Hideka Tonomura's "Haha Love" is an intimate portrait of the photographer's mother, split into two distinct halves. The first part, shot in black and white, shows Tonomura's mother in bed with a lover. Tonomura obscures the lover, which brings the viewer's attention right to her mother's face. These photographs were difficult to take, and although there are elements of pain and complicity here, the series is intended as a statement of affection. In the second half, shot in color, we see her mother counting money, which was for a loan that needed to be paid back. Clearly, each part has a certain amount of tension, and the book taken as a whole is an intense exploration of the photographer's immediate family. Nobuyoshi Araki writes the Obi for this phonebook saying "Playing around with the darkness."

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Artist Information

1979年生まれ 2000年　ビジュアルアーツ専門学校大阪校放送・映画学科卒業
2002年　写真を撮り始め、03年1月個展「渦」、グループ展等に参加
2003年　「Nikon Salon Juna21」に入選
2004年　個展「我家の幸い家庭―その時は、死んでもいいと思ったよ―」を開催
2004年　殿村任香写映劇 浄瑠璃×写映」(UPLINK FACTORY)など、多分野で活動中。

1979　Born in Kobe, Hyogo pref, Japan
2000　Graduated from Visual Arts school, broadcasting & filmmaking department.
2002　Started her career in 2002 as a photographer,
2003　Nikon Juna21 prize
2008　Published a photo album "Haha Love" (Akaaka Art Publishing Inc.) in 2008.

Her photographs show her obstinacy towards her family and are acclaimed for their uniqueness which are very physiologic and at the same time, somewhat comedic.
Received lots of media exposure in various fields. Lives and Works in Tokyo.