Yui Natsuyagi
P.O. Box 25012 Brooklyn, NY 11202-5012
646-334-1049
www.yuinatsuyagi.com
foto@yuinatsuyagi.com
represented by: unali artists
212-860-0244

biography

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Yui was immersed in art from a very early age. Through her father, a successful film actor, she was exposed to international cinema and the Japanese film industry. Being the daughter of a British-Japanese mother, her mixed features made her an outsider in a very homogeneous society. This planted a seed that would grow into a deep interest in different cultures and lead her on a photographic quest that has carried her throughout the world. She moved to the United States in 1989, and studied photography at Brooks Institute of Photography in California.

Yui’s photojournalistic approach allows her to tell a story. Her projects have included the colorful and passionate flamenco dancers in Seville, Spain; the juxtaposition of traditional Shinto culture and modern life in Japan; and an inspiring story of an 8-year-old girl living in the shadows of society in the largest slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In January 2005, she was awarded with the Puffin foundation Grant to continue on this project. She returned to Rio and followed up the story of the same girl in the fall of 2005.

Through her images, Yui seeks to find what is beautiful in every different situation. Her flamenco dancers in Spain invoke the joys of family, color, music, and dance. Her images in the slums of Brazil show a vibrant, creative young girl who blossoms in spite of the poverty of her surroundings. Through celebrating the positive rather than lamenting the negative, Yui’s uplifting images awaken hope in people and society.

Yui’s stock images are available on line by Gamma-press.