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Born in Shingu, Wakayama in 1963 and lives and works in Tokyo.

Photographer.
Through subjects such as Kumano, cherry blossoms, snow, Mt. Sainte-Victoire, and water surfaces, Risaku Suzuki continues to present photographic works that provoke inquiry into the act of “seeing.” His publications include photo books Winter to Spring, La plaque sensible (both Akakasha), Sakura, White (both edition.nord), Water Mirror (Case Publishing), Atelier of Cézanne (Nazraeli Press), Kumano, and Piles of Time (both Korinsha Publishing), among others. His work has been featured in recent exhibitions including Japan Bodies, memories, visions at Magazzino delle idee (2026), The Roots Know More at He Art Museum (2026), HANA Flower at SIGMA China (2026), and Jam Session: The Ishibashi Foundation Collection × Shibata Toshio× Suzuki Risaku – Photography and Painting: From Cézanne at Artizon Museum (2022).
His work is represented in public collections including the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Tokyo Photographic Art Museum; the Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama; Tanabe City Museum of Art; Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others.
Currently Professor at the Department of Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts.