Ryoji Yamauchi explores the “modes of existence” between human life and the surrounding landscape through his work. He traces the contours of human presence as it resonates with nature, aiming to reflect historical and social contexts in his photographs.

Having grown up in Hida, a mountainous region in Japan, and currently living in Aichi, Yamauchi draws on these two perspectives to sense the duality of landscapes—the charm of traditional scenery alongside traces of unseen exhaustion and exploitation. During his early years, he was largely unaware of the relationship with urban environments, but living in cities has since allowed him to perceive the complex relationships and subtle tensions that lie within peripheral landscapes.

In his earlier work, he focused on Asian urban spaces, examining how humans navigate existence and relationships within artificially constructed environments and infrastructures. His current work shifts attention to rural Japan, where the influence of topography and climate is more directly manifest, exploring the interactions between people, land, topography, and climate.

Standing within spaces where the city and periphery, sensibility and reason, memory and the present intersect, Yamauchi’s work embodies these tensions and reveals layered structures and the overlapping temporal and social contexts behind the landscape.

"Please check my projects"　▶︎　Ryoji Yamauchi "Artworks"