Maki Hayashida

Visual Artist

Bio

A Tokyo-based visual artist working with photography. Her practice often combines archival research, fieldwork, and darkroom experimentation.

Nationality

Japanese

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Bankei

Bankei

This body of work is a series of photographs of printed photographs depicting Bankei, a little-known and now largely forgotten Japanese form of miniature landscape art.

Project by Maki Hayashida
The Stacks

The Stacks

With photographs of 21 photo-etched steel plates, each depicting the chimneys of all incineration plants jointly operated by the 23 Cities of Tokyo Metropolis, the project is intended to reflect on the unintended consequences of waste management in Japan.

Project by Maki Hayashida
Beyond the Mountains

Beyond The Mountains

"Beyond the Mountains" is a visual exploration and documentation of illegal dumping in Japan.

Project by Maki Hayashida
Almost Transparent Island

Almost Transparent Island

The story is about Teshima, a rural island on the Seto Inland Sea of Japan that had a huge volume of industrial waste illegally dumped there between 1970-80s. The work combines archival and contemporary photographs creating a collage of what was and ...

Gallery Curated by PhMuseum
Almost Transparent Isalnd

Almost Transparent Isalnd

The story is about Teshima, a rural island on the Seto Inland Sea of Japan, that had a huge volume of industrial waste illegally dumped between 1970-80s . The work combines archival and contemporary photographs creating a collage of what was and what is now to make a visual testament to the scandal.

Project by Maki Hayashida
JAPAN-GO-ROUND

JAPAN-GO-ROUND

Humans are made alive by nature. Nature keeps beautiful by human touch. "JAPAN-GO-ROUND" captured landscapes of nature touched by human in Japan.

Project by Maki Hayashida