Motohiko Hasui

Motohiko Hasui is a photographer and artist born in 1983 and raised in Japan. 

He studied Photography in Central Saint Martins Art and Design and London College of Communication. After graduating university, he moved back to Tokyo, his hometown, in 2007. Hasui published his first photobook, compiled from 4 years of snapshots, titled “Personal Matters", with British publisher Bemojake in 2013. In 2019, “Personal Matters Volume II" was published. In 2020, he published a book of black and white photos titled “for tomorrow" (Libro Arte). In 2021, “Photographs of the Heart", which he photographed cities under the depressed mood of pandemic was published. In 2019, Hasui was commissioned to photograph the culture of the tea ceremony held in Tofukuji temple in Kyoto. The resulting pictures were presented as photobook made for families of presidents and prime ministers attending the 2019 G20 summit in Osaka.