Information
■ About me
Mankichi Shinshi (born in 1984) is street / documentary photographer based in Japan. He started photography in 2013 with self-taught style. And now, at various public places mainly in Asia, he's walking around and taking photographs. It’s a seeking of the way of confronting the scenes where anyone can see ( =general society), with his individual eyes. He pushes the shutter button when he feels “something”, and names to “something” as a photo project. By stacking such activities, he tries to affirm this world's fragments and his life one by one. And his works were featured many media like LensCulture, iGNANT, AINT-BAD, GUP magazine, Leica Camera Blog, etc, and got some awards.
マンキチ シンシ(1984年生まれ):2013年頃から独学で写真を始めました。現在は、ストリート/ドキュメンタリー写真家として、アジアを中心としたさまざまな公共の場でスナップ写真を撮り歩いています。誰もが目にしうる光景、つまり社会一般との向き合い方を個人的な視点から模索しているのです。「何か」を感じてシャッターを切り、その「何か」に名前をつけ、プロジェクトとして編纂していく。こうした積み重ねによって、世界と自分の人生を端っこから少しずつ肯定していけたらと考えています。
■ Awards
2019 : ASPA - Alghero Street Photography Awards 2019 / 1st prize on Street Photography Series
2018 : Open Call for Athens Photo Festival 2018 Exhibition / Shortlist
2017 : "Magnify Photo Competition" in daikanyama photo fair 2017 / Finalist
2017 : Cortona On The Move 2017 Open Call Contest "New Visions" / Finalist
2016 : LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2016 / Juror's Pick by Marcel Feil (Foam)
2016 : Brussels Street Photography Festival 2016 / Series Finalist & Singles Finalist
2016 : StreetFoto San Francisco 2016 / Finalist (Category : Single)
2016 : EyeEm Award 2016 / Finalist (Category : The Architect)
2016 : JP_EN issue.4 by Einstein Studio / Winner (jury : Jérôme Montagne from Phases Magazine)
2015 : Street Photography 2015 by Acuity Press & PDN / Winner
2015 : EyeEm Award 2015 / Finalist (Category : The Street Photographer)
2015 : 2015 ViewPoint Gallery Photography Competition / 2nd prize
2014 : 2014 Urban Picnic Street Photography Competition / Finalist
2013 : Photography Hall of Fame Award 2013 on ASAHICAMERA Magazine / 3rd prize
■ Featured / Published on Websites
2019 : EYESHOT - Street Photography Magazine - Unnatural Beauty
2018 : Cada día un fotógrafo / Fotógrafos en la red - Mankichi Shinshi -
2018 : c-Type - Natural Nature
2017 : C41 Magazine - The lost Qingdao wrapped in the fog revealed by Mankichi Shinshi
2017 : Fraction Magazine issue 98 - 98 photographs for 9th anniversary
2017 : iN-PUBLiC collective site - Interview with Mankichi Shinshi
2017 : Landscape Stories Blog - Natural Nature by Mankichi Shinshi
2017 : The Leica Camera Blog - Full of null: Qingdao, China by Mankichi Shinshi
2017 : GUP magazine - Portfolio "Natural Nature" by Mankichi Shinshi
2017 : UDATOMMO PHOTOGRAPHY Blog - "Natural Nature" by Mankichi Shinshi
2017 : FOTOBLOGIA - Mankichi Shinshi pokazuje motyw samotności w przestrzeni miejskiej
2017 : FRAME ZERO - Solitary Souls: Self-Exile in Mankichi Shinshi’s Elimination Method
2017 : EVERY BODY STREET - Метод исключения: Одиночество в стрит
2016 : MAKLUMFOTO - Street Photography Interview Series: #12 Mankichi Shinshi
2016 : kwerfeldein - "Full of Null" Der Strand von Qingdao in der Nebensaison
2016 : LensCulture -"Full of Null : China's Qingdao Beach" by Mankichi Shinshi
2016 : LensCulture -"Elimination Method" by Mankichi Shinshi
2016 : Fotoroom -Mankichi Shinshi Takes Photographs of Lonely People-
2016 : Velvet Eyes - featured article (publisher's selection)
2016 : Huffington Post - Something Here / Japanese Street Photographers
2016 : 121 Clicks - Street Photography & The Art Of Composition
2016 : Photogrist - Lonely People, Street Photography by Mankichi Shinshi
2016 : Vantage - 20 Photos That Will Make You Look Twice in EyeEm mission
2015 : LensCulture - 21st Century Street Photography / 250 New Examples
2015 : British Journal of Photography - Untold Stories by EyeEm and VII Photo
2015 : Street Mojo - the best current street photographers by Alex Coghe
2015 : HUNGRY issue. 4 by Einstein Studio - emerging Japanese photographers *cover image
2014 : Artphotofeature magazine - critiqued on aug / sep '14 issue
2014 : 121 Clicks - The Best Street Photographer Portfolios For Inspiration
■ Featured / Published on Books & Papers
2017 : ZEIT WISSEN Nov. & Dec. issue - pics of opening column
2017 : The Best of Lensculture: 150 Contemporary Photographers You Should Know
2017 : Esquire Russian edition issue March 2017 - pics on Addresses Column
2017 : CAPA CAMERA Chinese Edition - 孤高的个体 by Mankichi Shinshi
2016 : STREET PHOTOGRAPHY 2015 - prize book of the same name award
2016 : JP_EN issue.4 by Einstein Studio - 10 photos from my project "Full of Null"
2016 : NEW JAPAN PHOTO 2 by Einstein Studio - emerging Japanese photographers
2016 : Interkulturalnost vol.10 Serbian Scientific Magazine *cover image
2016 : NEW JAPAN PHOTO by Einstein Studio - emerging Japanese photographers
2015 : HUNGRY issue. 5by Einstein Studio - emerging Japanese photographers
2015 : HUNGRY issue. 4 by Einstein Studio - emerging Japanese photographers *cover image
2015 : HUNGRY issue. 3 by Einstein Studio - emerging Japanese photographers
2014 : HUNGRY issue. 2 by Einstein Studio- emerging Japanese photographers
■ Solo Exhibitions
■ Group Exhibitions
2019 : INTERKULTURALNOST retrospective exhibition 2019 (Serbia)
2019 : ASPA - Alghero Street Photography Awards 2019 Winners Exhibition (Alghero)
2018 : Athens Photo Festival 2018 Satellite Programme "Pale Red Dot" (Athens)
2017 : "Magnify Photo Competition" Finalist Exhibition in daikanyama photo fair 2017 (Tokyo)
2017 : Observe photo contest “Down by the river” exhibition (Iserlohn)
2017 : NIGHT OF MUSEUM @ Nizhny Tagil Museum of Fine Arts (Nizhny Tagil, Russia)
2017 : Street Sans Frontières - City Life & Urban Landscape International Photo Expo (Paris)
2017 : BSPF Selected Works Exhibition @ Hotel Bloom (Brussels)
2017 : BORDERS, BOUNDARIES, EDGES - Curated Group Exhibition of LensCulture Network (online)
2016 : Miami Street Photography Festival 2016 Finalists Exhibition (Miami)
2016 : LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2016 Exhibition (San Francisco)
2016 : Brussels Street Photography Festival 2016 Contest Finalists Exhibition (Brussels)
2016 : StreetFoto San Francisco 2016 Finalist Exhibition (San Francisco)
2016 : MIXT No.2 - Timorous Beasties : An International Photography Show (Seattle)
2015 : Miami Street Photography Festival 2015 Finalists Exhibition (Miami)
2015 : International Feature Photographer Winners exhibition at ViewPoint Gallery (Halifax)
2015 : The 2015 EyeEm Photography Awards Finalists Exhibition (London)
2015 : Shortlist Exhibition of "Under Construction" by OBSERVE COLLECTIVE (Iserlohn)
2015 : Art Event "New City Art Fair" with HUNGRY issue.3 (New York)
2014 : Miami Street Photography Festival 2014 Finalists Exhibition (Miami)
2014 : 2014 Urban Picnic Street Photography Competition Finalists Exhibition (London)
2014 : The EyeEm World Tour 2014-2015 (Miami, Düsseldorf & Tokyo)