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CEO ／ Photographer

左嵜 葉子　/ Yoko Sazaki

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滋賀県出身。

琵琶湖のある風景と、土地に根ざした暮らしの中で育つ。父の実家は、230年以上続く鮒寿司屋。幼い頃から、土地とともに続いていく営みを身近に感じてきた。

20代より世界各地を旅しながら撮影を続け、ロンドンやハワイでの勤務・滞在を経験。

異なる文化や価値観に触れるなかで、土地に積み重なる時間や、人々の暮らし、受け継がれていく文化に関心を持つようになる。

フォトグラファーとしてこれまで約3,000組の家族を撮影。日々の中を静かに流れていく時間を見つめながら、家族の記憶に残る写真を撮り続けている。

同時に、土地や祭礼、水と人との関わりをテーマとした作品制作にも取り組む。

2022年、株式会社yokosazakiを設立。

写真を起点に、家族の時間を扱う「tsutsum」
伝統を現代に再構築するアパレルブランド
「IKI products」など、
領域を越えたプロジェクトの企画・プロデュースを手がける。

時間、記憶、土地。
その間にあるものを見つめながら、表現と事業の両面から活動している。

Yoko Sazaki

CEO of yokosazaki Inc.
Photographer / Brand Director
Based in Tokyo, Japan

Born in Shiga, Japan, Yoko Sazaki grew up surrounded by the landscape of Lake Biwa and a way of life deeply rooted in the local land and culture. Her father’s family has run a funazushi business for over 230 years, giving her an early connection to traditions and practices that endure through generations.

In her twenties, she began traveling and photographing around the world, including periods of living and working in London and Hawaii. Encounters with different cultures and ways of life deepened her interest in the layers of time embedded in places, the lives of the people who inhabit them, and the traditions passed down through generations.

As a photographer, she has photographed more than 3,000 families, capturing the quiet passage of everyday life and creating images that become part of a family’s memory.

Alongside her family photography, she continues to develop personal work exploring land, festivals, water, and the relationship between people and place.

In 2022, she founded yokosazaki Inc. Starting from photography, her practice has expanded across disciplines. Her projects include tsutsum, which explores the time that flows through family life, and IKI products, an apparel brand that reinterprets Japanese tradition for contemporary life. She develops and produces projects that move across photography, culture, design, and business.

Time, memory, and place.
Her work moves between expression and business, exploring what exists in the spaces between them.