1972年川崎市生まれ。
上智大学経済学部経営学科、東京綜合写真専門学校写真芸術第二学科を卒業。1993～94年の世界一周の旅を起点に、現在まで56カ国を巡る。丸紅株式会社で天然ガスパイプラインの輸送事業に携わったのち、写真の道へと転じる。東京綜合写真専門学校では鈴木清、小林のりお両氏に学ぶ。日本各地の自然風景を主なモチーフに、構造やリズム、光と色彩の振動に意識を傾け、視覚の自律性と精神性を往還するような写真表現を追求している。代表作に『LAND ESCAPES』『LAND ESCAPES FACE』『terra』などがあり、2019年の個展「terra」（キヤノンギャラリーS）および写真集『terra』（赤々舎）により、2020年日本写真協会賞新人賞を受賞。近年は、紀伊半島の古道を長距離にわたって歩き撮影するシリーズ「旅垢離（タビ・ゴリ）」に取り組み、加速度的に進行するデジタルとAIの時代において、身体を介した風土との対話から生まれる写真表現の可能性を探っている。日本大学芸術学部准教授。

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展覧会：

2025.10.3-26　「旅垢離（タビ・ゴリ）―非線形の風景―」（詳細はこちら）

2021.6.17- 7.11　「event horizon – 事象の地平線 – 」（詳細はこちら）

グループ展：

2020.6.11 -6.28　緊急企画展「東京2020 コロナの春」写真家が切り取る緊急事態宣言下の日本（詳細はこちら）

Born in Kawasaki, Japan in 1972.
GOTO AKI holds a degree in Business Administration from Sophia University and studied photographic art at the Tokyo College of Photography. After traveling around the world from 1993 to 1994—a journey that took him to 56 countries—he shifted from a career in natural gas pipeline logistics at Marubeni Corporation to pursue photography.
He studied under renowned photographers Kiyoshi Suzuki and Norio Kobayashi, whose influence shaped his approach of “thinking through photography.” Goto’s work primarily engages with natural landscapes across Japan, focusing not on surface depiction but on the internal structures, rhythms, and the vibrational interplay of light and color. His photographs explore a dynamic tension between visual autonomy and spiritual introspection.

He studied under renowned photographers Kiyoshi Suzuki and Norio Kobayashi, whose influence shaped his approach of “thinking through photography.” Goto’s work primarily engages with natural landscapes across Japan, focusing not on surface depiction but on the internal structures, rhythms, and the vibrational interplay of light and color. His photographs explore a dynamic tension between visual autonomy and spiritual introspection.

His major works include the series and photobooks LAND ESCAPES, LAND ESCAPES FACE, and terra. In 2019, his solo exhibition terra at Canon Gallery S and the accompanying photobook (terra, AKAAKA Art Publishing) earned him the Newcomer’s Award from the Japan Photographic Society in 2020.

In recent years, he has been developing the long-term series Tabi-gori: Non-linear Landscapes, in which he walks and photographs ancient pilgrimage routes across the Kii Peninsula. In an era increasingly shaped by digital and AI technologies, his practice emphasizes embodied perception and the act of walking as a way of dialoguing with the land—seeking new photographic expressions rooted in physical experience.

He currently serves as Associate Professor at Nihon University College of Art.

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