Kayoko Kimura

Born in the city of Kobe, in Japan's Hyogo Prefecture, Kayoko Kimura graduated from Konan Girls'High School and took a degree in photography at the Nihon University College of Art. Prior to beginning her freelance career, she worked at the Takeji Iwamiya Studio.

Kimura's photo collection "Black Beauty" was featured in the Japanese magazines, "Weekly Playboy" and "Photo Wave," and her collection "Wawashii Onna," featuring portraits of women who have been active in their field for over a half-century, is scheduled for publication by Pie Books. Kimura is currently working on a second volume of "Forthright Women."

Photo exhibitions include "SWING SWING," "Night Birds," "Forthright Women," "Shooting Flowers," "Women Photographers and the Olympus E-500," and others. Published photo collections include "The Creature Called 'Woman'," "Winter Camellias," and others, as well as commission for Itochu Enex Co., Ltd. (Living Forest), Meiji Dairies Corporation (Meiji Healthy Family), Toyama Lively Long Life Center (VITA), and others. Kimura is a member of the Japan Professional Photographer's Society and the Nihon University College of Art Photography Department Women's Alumni Association.