Yota Yoshida

Photographer

Yota Yoshida (1981) is a Street Photographer. He grew up in a small town in north Kumamoto and currently resides in Tokyo Japan. He has no formal education in photography but is inspired by everything in each day-to-day experience. His work primarily deals with people and happenings in public spaces. And he is particularly interested in the invisible emotional and poetic impressions that surround us on an ordinary day. He believes the act of taking un-posed photographs is not an act of production, but rather of feeling, and capturing what is already being expressed. Recent awards include 1st Place Gold Star Award of ND Awards Street Photography Category, Honorable Mention and Award Finalist of Brussels Street Photography Festival, and Award Finalist of Miami Street Photography Festival and others. His works have been featured in numerous medium including Creators Project by Vice, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Juxtapoz Magazine, Fubiz Media, iGNANT, It's Nice That, Lomography and more.