Beyond the Mountains is an exploration of Japan’s history of illegal dumping, tracing its lingering shadows to question what society chooses to remember and what it allows to be forgotten. By interweaving publicly archived images documented by government bodies, municipalities, and residents with her own photographs of present-day landscapes, Hayashida constructs a visual archive where […]

RPS KYOTO PAPEROLES is pleased to present “After all”, a photography exhibition by Kenji Chiga and Maki Hayashida, from April 12 to May 11, 2025. This exhibition has been selected as an official KG＋ PICK UP program, featuring newly developed works by the two artists, both recipients of the Singapore International Photography Festival Dummy Book […]

Transform a photobook from “just a book” into “an object.” This workshop, which has produced numerous photobooks celebrated on the international photobook scene, is entering its 11th year. Since its first edition in 2014, it has been held in Tokyo, Latvia, and beyond, continuing annually even after overcoming the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. In […]

Public presentation by participants of Experimental Workshop Atlas Lab “Editing” will be held on December 17 (Tue) evening at RPS KYOTO PAPEROLES (Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto). The gallery will open at 6:00 p.m. to view the work and the artists will present their projects at 7:00 p.m. Come see the project that 12 participants from around the […]