A dark room illuminated by light entering through a window

KOCHI, JAPAN
SINCE 2006

Opening Light
in the Dark.

Using pinhole cameras and camera obscura,
Meisai Okamoto explores light, darkness, vision, apparatus and how images appear.

Based in Kochi, Japan. Working since 2006.

LIGHT
Light
DARKROOM
Darkroom
IMAGE
Image

Selected Works

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Works

穴の大きさによって変化する風景, 2024, artwork image 1

穴の大きさによって変化する風景

部屋に空をうつす, 2024, artwork image 1

部屋に空をうつす

Fading Light, 2021, artwork image 1

Fading Light

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LIGHT NEXT TO THE DARK sakura, 2020, artwork image 1

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LIGHT NEXT TO THE DARK sakura

The Apparatus Makes the Image.

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Camera & Process

Truck beds, rooms and openings in buildings.
Turning space itself into a photographic apparatus.

View Cameras & Exhibitions

ABOUT THE WORK

Not only what is photographed,
but how it appears.
What does it mean to see?

Based in Kochi, Japan, Meisai Okamoto creates works using pinhole cameras and camera obscura.

What Is a Pinhole Camera?Profile

Exhibitions & Activities

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Exhibitions

Pinhole Camera Extended

kanzan gallery, Tokyo

Camera Obscura Exhibition

TAO gallery, Kochi

A 3-DAY BUILDING PHOTO EXHIBITION

South harimaya Building, Kochi