Yoshikatsu Fujii, born and raised in Hiroshima City. Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University of Arts with BA in Art Film. He began photography work in Tokyo in 2006. His photographic works often deal with historical themes and memory lingering on in contemporary events. His works were exhibited at the New York Photo Festival (USA), PHotoEspaná (Madrid, Spain), Phoenix Art Museum (USA), Delhi Photo Festival (India), Lishui Photography Festival (China), Getty Images Gallery (London, UK), Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography (Dhaka, Bangladesh) etc.
Fujii's project "Red String," was highly inspired by his parents' divorce, produced a hand-made limited edition photobook. Nominated for several awards, including the Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photo Book Awards. The book has been named as one of the best photobooks of 2014 by contributors to numerous publications including TIME magazine. In 2016, it joined the permanent collection at The Museum of Modern Art in New York Library. He was also awarded the LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards for the work.
Since then, in October 2015 he moved back to his hometown Hiroshima from Tokyo to engage in his long-term research project. Seen through the eyes of a third generation atomic bomb victim in Hiroshima city, the photo series attempts to shed new light on the disappearing traces from the war, so as to pass it on to the future generation.