Mari Kojima was born in Shimane, Japan, but since then has spent time on and off living abroad. She graduated university with BFA in fashion design. While she was in art school, she won a Contemporary Sportswear Award at Fashion Group International and so on.Because of a family crisis at home, she returned back to Japan in 2008, and soon after discovered photography as a means to express the inner turmoil and happiness that exists within her.
Besides taking photos, she has worked as a fashion designer assistant, curator, FM radio DJ, project manager, event planner. Since 2010 fall, she started running a little publishing company called Bathysphere Books. She now works and lives in Tokyo.
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島根出身、青春青年時代は海外。シカゴにある美大でファッションデザインを学び、在学中にFashion Group InternationalにてComtemporary Sportswear Awardなどを受賞。大学卒業後はデザイナーアシスタント、キュレーター、3CGムービー制作のPMアシスタント、ローカルFM局のリポーター・アシスタントDJなどとして働きつつ、日本に帰国した2008年から写真を撮り始める。2010年からは自己出版レーベル、Bathysphere Booksをスタート。現在、東京在住。
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illustration by Yosuke Yamaguchi
