MOTE SINABEL AOKI

Mote Sinabel Aoki is a Japanese Photographer and Film Director.
He was raised in Tokyo and Los Angeles.

He studied Architecture and studied Painting and Sculpture in U.S. and in Paris.

He discovered photography as his expression since his 1st published book called Nowhere in 1997.
and he started take his imaginary visions into photography and video after working as an art director in Paris and Tokyo.

His photography works has been in various fashion magazines and advertisements, and also book projects of landscape, portraits, and art.
The works has dynamic visions of silence and a subtle beauty which is sensitive and atomospheric.

His first short film `Catharsis` (starring with Jena Malone) has been shown in Cannes Film Festival and Beijing Film 2009

and fashion film `Naquid` was shown in Rotterdam film festival in 2011.

He is currently based in Paris and Tokyo.

(Works)

fashion / advertising
Shiseido, Clé de Peau Beauté, Shiseido The Ginza, Playlist Shiseido, The Northface, Nanamica, Hanae Mori manuscrit, Capucci, Louis Vuitton, A Degree Fahrenheit, M+F Girbaud, Celine, Nicolas Andreas Taralis, Komakino, Kuro denim, BLACKBARRETT by Neil Barrett, Julius, Aguri Sagimori, The Viridi-anne, Y’saccs, The Duffer of St. George, Onitsuka Tiger, KL lagarfeld, Chevignon, BEAMS, Mihara Yasuhiro, Attachment, RESTIR, Patrick Stephan, AMD, Tag Heure, Loreal, Wella, 42 Below (barcarddi group), Mercedez Benz, etc

(Magazine)

Visionaire, Vmagazine, L`Offciel Japan, Harpers Bazaar, Elle France, Elle Japan, Vogue Nippon, Vogue Russia, Intersection Germany, Intersection France, Wallpaper, some/things magazine, Purple magazine, Dazed and Confused UK, Dapper dan, Possesion Immediate, Grazia Italy, madame figaro france, madame figaro spain etc.

(Publication)

Nowhere

Roots of Life vol1~vol7

Harmony / portraits of LA

Attachment / portraits of Musician

(Films)

2009 short film `CATHARSIS` with Jena Malone / one dream rush project / BEIJING,CANNES, 2011 ROTTERDAM

2011 short film “NAQUID” INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM, SUNTORY MUSEUM TOKYO

 

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