mitsu maeda
Photographer / Based in Kochi, Japan
Mitsu Maeda (1984) is a documentary photographer currently based in Kochi, in Shikoku island of Japan.
She has been covering stories mainly in South East Asia, Americas, and Japan. While making documentary works, she also receives assignments from newspapers and magazines nationally/internationally.
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Education
2007 graduated from Kobe City University of Foreign Studies where she studied internation relations
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Exhibitions
2010 Group Exhibition 'Spotlight Unseen' in Tokyo
2012 Solo Exhibition 'Menschen nach den Katastrophen' in Berlin
2012 Solo Exhibition 'My Recollections' in Tokyo
2013 'My Recollections' projected at Chiang Mai Documentary Arts Asia in Thailand
2013 'My Recollections' projected at Obscura Photo Festival in Penang, Malaysia
2013 'My Recollections' projected at Encontros da Imagen International Photofestival at Braga, Portugal
2013 'My Recollections' projected at Mt.Rokko International Photo Festival at Kobe, Japan
2014 'My Recollections' projected at Angkor Photo Festival at Siem Reap, Cambodia
2015 'My Recollections' exhibited in 'Asian Young Photographers' group exhibition at Beijing Photo Festival at Beijing, China2016 'Japanese Brazilians' exhibited in 'FOCUS JAPAN' group exhibition at KL International Photo Awards at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2017 'Istanbul' exhibited in exhibition of International Photographhy at Xi'an, China.
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Awards & Grants
2010 NIKON photo award international emerging talent
2012 Tokyo Documentary Photo Workshop Encouragement Grant
2013 Asian Women Photographers' Showcase Finalist