Miki Hasegawa, born in 1973 in Fukuoka, Japan, lives and works in Kanagawa.She earned her B.A. degree in Human Environmental Science and in Design from Showa Women’s University, After working as an architect for several years, she started working as a professional photographer. In recent years she has been expressing what exactly maternal love is, while dealing with the social issues facing Japanese women and children.
She was one of the 100 chosen for the 2014 the Review Santa Fe.
Her work, "Jewels", was selected as one of the LensCulture Emerging Talents 2014 Top 50, and received high acclaim. Hasegawa's first handmade book, "The Path Of Million Pens" has been selected as one of the finalist of 2014 Unseen Dummy Award. and is famous throughout the world, being selected for various global photography collection fairs. She is currently working on her own project based upon "child abuse", a theme very close to her heart.
[Exhibition]
2015: Athens Photo Festival The PhotoBook Exhibition,
Benaki Museum, Athens
2015: Photobook Bristol, UK
2015 : Photo Book 2014, Griffin Museum, Winchester MA, USA
2015 : Chobi Mela International Festival Of Photography Bangladesh,
"She's There" - Curated Slideshow by Eliseo Barbàra Goethe-Institut, Bangladesh
2014 : Photo Book 2014,The Best Of Show in Davis Orton Gallery,NY
2014 : LensCulture Emerging Talents Exhibition in Barcelona
2014 : Filter Photo festival 2014, Chicago, IL
[Awards]
2015 : Shortlisted “Athens Photo Festival” main Exihibithion
2015 : Shortlisted “Athens Photo Festival” photobook show
2014:Photobook 2014. by 4 best of show
2014:Photolucida Critical Mass 2013 Finalist
2014:INFOCUS Juried Exhibtion of Self-Published 2014 - Finalist
2014:Shortlisted at Unseen Photo Fair Dummy Award,Amsterdam)
2014: LensCulture Emerging Talents 2014 Top 50, Paris
2013 : Portfolio Showcase Vol. 7, C4FAP, Juror: Alexa Becker, CO *