Six years have passed since the release of "RUFF, RUGGED-N-RAW -The Japanese Hip Hop Photographs-" in 2018, and in 2024, cherry chill will. will release his second photo book "BONAFIDE" with the support of Carhartt WIP Japan on November 9th, marking the 15th year since he started his career as a photographer. The book features various scenes that cherry chill will. has seen through his viewfinder, such as landscapes and local people that he has photographed while traveling around the United States, South America, and Asia, as well as artists and musicians from Japan and abroad, with the theme of "sound travel." It is a photo book of over 290 pages that expresses his personal view of the world as a photographer, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is the culmination of his 15 years of work. "These photos are a record of the time that I gazed upon, pressed the shutter, and loved. A precious past where I continued my sound travel. Fragments of distant memories."

 

 

 

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cherry chill will.
Photographer born in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture in 1978. After working as a staff member/buyer at Cisco Records from 1998, he began working as a photographer in 2008. He has worked on a wide range of projects, mainly in the hip hop scene, including live performances by domestic and international artists, album jackets, artist photos, magazines, advertisements, etc. In 2018, he published the first photo book on the Japanese hip hop scene, "RUFF, RUGGED &RAW -The Japanese Hip Hop Photographs-", through DU BOOKS. In 2021, he will hold a photo exhibition "ALL I NEED IS ONE MOMENT" with the support of Carhartt WIP Japan in four cities: Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka. He is currently supported by many artists and musicians, and is one of Japan's leading hip hop/street photographers in both name and reality.