Asako Narahashi

is a Tokyo-based Japanese photographer. She is known for her approach of taking photos from offshore and splitting the frame between water and land or sky. Her photographs are held in a permanent collection in San Francisco Museum of Art and The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.

In 1990, Narahashi opened the gallery 03FOTOS (1990-2001) to present her works. In 1996, she co-founded the photography magazine Main (1996-2000) with Ishiuchi Miyako.

Major exhibitions "half awake and half asleep in the water", Festival Images Vevey, Switzerland (2016) "Coming Closer and Getting Further Away", Tokyo Art Museum, Tokyo (2009) "half awake and half asleep in the water", Yossi Milo Gallery, New York (2008)

Publications

NU E. (1997) Asako Narahashi: Funiculi Funicula. Photographs 1998–2003 (2004) Half Awake Half Asleep in the Water. (2007) Ever After. (2013) Gips. (2018) Dawn in Spring. (2023) I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now (2024)