Izumi Miyazaki, Selfie Queen
The photographer presents herself in a strange, mysterious manner in selfies that evoke René Magritte's surrealist style.
© Izumi Miyazaki
Izumi Miyazaki’s works are offbeat, surreal, and even mind-blowing. The artist, born in Yamanashi in 1994, presents herself with her head cut off, in the form of an egg breaking, and as a sushi tray. Izumi Miyazaki imagines truly bonkers situations, for instance being lost in a forest of floating broccoli.
The artist discovered photography at a young age, when she pinched her grandfather’s old Pentax film camera. She realised that she could bring her numerous ideas to life by capturing them on film. After studying at Musashino School of Art in Tokyo, she started posting her images online, which aroused people’s curiosity. Since then, Izumi Miyazaki has exhibited her work all over the world, from Paris to Kyoto.
Izumi Miyazaki’s photographs can be found on her website and on her Instagram account.
© Izumi Miyazaki
© Izumi Miyazaki
© Izumi Miyazaki
© Izumi Miyazaki
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