Kaede James Takamoto is a Japanese-Australian photographer based in Naarm (Melbourne) and is the daughter of two sculptors. As a child she was surrounded by art which has heavily impacted her way of seeing and making. James Takamoto’s practice utilises an process driven experimental approach with a focus on belonging, identity and place and often aims to give a voice to the underrepresented in contemporary society through collaboration. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Design from Monash University (MADA) and Bachelor of Photography at Photography Studies College, Melbourne.
Image by Sarah Forgie
Selected Awards
2023 Winner of PSC Graduate Award (Awarded by CCP): Excellence in Innovative Presentation of Final Body of Work
2023 Winner of Hillvale Photo Trophy Award
2022 Finalist for Ballarat International Foto Biennale GradFoto Award
2022 Finalist for Australian Photography Awards Experimental Category
2022 Finalist for Australian Photobook Awards
2021 Winner of Australian Photography Awards Open / Illustrative Category
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Hillvale Photo Trophy Exhibition, Hillvale Gallery, Brunswick, VIC
2023 Speculative Horizons — Photography Symposium and Exhibition, Contemporary Art Platform (CAP), Kuwait City, Kuwait
2022 !, Wolfhound Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
2022 Australian Photography Awards Exhibition, Bodriggy Brewpub, Abbotsford, VIC
2022 Morii, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, VIC
2022 Body Performance, Wolfhound Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
2021 Zenith, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood, VIC
Selected Publications
2023 Liminal Mag, Annie Wu interview
2023 The Fashion Journal, covering the project Synergetic: Fashion as Art
2023 Liminal Mag, Raquel Solier interview
2023 Kuwait Times, covering Milk Flower for Speculative Horizons exhibit
2022 Melbourne Milieu Nov, 2022
2022 Australian Photo Collective 2022 Annual
2022 24th November, The Modes, Interview on practice
2022 13th August, Le Mile for Melbourne Design Week
2021 Australian Photo Collective 2021 Annual
2018 Making Things Public: Document C——C, Published by True Belief
Guest Lectures
March '23 Photography Studies College
August 7th '23 Photography Studies College
August 13th '23 Photography Studies College Open Day