PROFILE
樋貝吉郎は1978年に映画『ボーイズ・ボーイズ』を観てスケートボードと出会った。
数年後、一眼レフを手に入れスケート友達の写真を撮り始める。
日本大学芸術学部写真学科に在学中、“ムービンオン・マガジン”の撮影を頼まれたことがきっかけで以来30年間のキャリアがスタートする。
挑戦的なロケーションでのスノーボードとスケートボードの緊張感を通しアクションフォトの最前線に身を置いている。
樋貝の作品は数々の雑誌はもとより、自身で出版した写真集『cold frame』、zine『魚眼人』『TURN』等で見ることが出来る。
Yoshiro Higai first began skateboarding in 1978 after seeing the movie “Kenny and Company”.
A few years later, he bought a single-lens reflex camera and started photographing his skater friends.
While studying photography in college, Higai was asked to take a “Movin’on magazine”
this assignment was the start of a career that has spanned over 30 years.
Through the thrill he gets from snowboarding and skateboarding, along with his devotion to taking photographs in challenging places,
Higai continues to stayed at the top of the action.
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Yoshiro Higai’s work can be seen in numerous snowboarding, skateboarding, and other magazines.
In addition he published his photo book “cold frame" and produces “TURN” and "gyogan zine” magazines
To see more of his work, visit his website.
