Editorial Stories

From fashion to documentaries and archives, discover unique stories from the world of Sixteen Journal.

  1. Joe Lai, Horā eiga ga sukidesu

    Joe's style often draws inspiration from Japanese cinema, particularly 1960s-1980s horror and Pinku films, creating cinematic and often fictional scenes.

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  2. Greg Girard, Asian Nights

    Greg Girard spent much of his career examining the social and physical transformations in Asia, especially in its largest cities.

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  3. Koji Onaka, Have a break

    Since joining the "image shop CAMP" in 1982, he has traveled all over Japan and has continued to work mainly at independent galleries.
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  4. Jack Davison, Family Ikebana

    Jack Davison shoots family portraiture and Japanese Ikebana for Sixteen Journal Volume 5.
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  5. Hajime Sawatari, Nagisa Hotel

    Sawatari started publishing his photographs in photography magazines while he was enrolled in Nihon University’s Department of Photography, College of Art.
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  6. Jun Abe, Creatures

    Published by Village Press in 1989, Jun Abe’s Creaturers marked the photographers first photobook of his career.
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  7. Erika Kamano, Paris-Tokyo

    Photography by Erika Kamano
    Styling by Ondine Azoulay
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  8. Sakiko Nomura, Nudes

    Sakiko Nomura is well known by male nude in a small dark room with very black darkness and dim lights.
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  9. Elizaveta Porodina, Sasuke

    Photographed by Elizaveta Porodina
    Styled by Victoire Simonney
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  10. Araki, 67 Shooting Back

    A selection of Araki's most iconic images.
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  11. Roe Ethridge, Camera Japan

    Photographed by Roe Ethridge
    Styled by Clare Byrne
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  12. Tatsuo Suzuki, Friction / Tokyo Street

    “Friction / Tokyo Street” is the first photobook by Tatsuo Suzuki, who has amassed a small cult following online with his black-and-white street photography from Tokyo.
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