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Japanese artist

Miwa Yanagi (やなぎみわ, Yanagi Miwa) is a Japanesephotographic artist who examines self-image and stereotypes of women in contemporary Japanese society. Yanagi was discovered by conceptual photographer Yasumasa Morimura, who noticed some of her work while borrowing her house as a set for a separate project.

Biography

Miwa Yanagi was born in in Kobe, Japan. She completed her postgraduate course work at the Kyoto City University of Arts.^[1] Yanagi received two degrees at this university: one in crafts in , then another in art in She worked mostly with fiber installation art pieces. It was only when she needed to photograph these works for documentation that she realized her skill at photography and decided to pursue this new line of art. One of her first ever photography pieces was titled White Casket() and is now a part of her larger collection: Elevator Girls().^[2] She is known mainly as a photographer and video artist. Sh