Studio Tales is a content production studio run by Mariko Akimoto, based in Okinawa, Hiroshima and France.

撮影現場から/The Human Light, from the field.

We are photographing creators in Paris and Japan.
A photo exhibition this December in Hiroshima (Paris, June 2027 planned)
and we, behind the camera, can’t wait to see what it becomes.

パリと日本で、表現者たちのポートレートを撮影しています。
2026年12月、広島で写真展を開催(2027年6月にパリで開催予定)。撮っている私たち自身が、どんな展示になるか楽しみにしています。

詳細はプロフィールのリンクから / Details via the link in our profile

6/2 共同通信PRワイヤーのプレスリリースです。
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/press/release/202605310072
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The Human Light, From the Field
Documenting Creators in Paris and Japan

Studio Tales handles the photography and documentation for the international cultural project “The Human Light.
” Toward the photo exhibition in Hiroshima in December 2026 (Paris, June 2027 planned), we are currently continuing portrait sessions with creators in both Paris and Japan.

What The Human Light seeks to preserve is not a finished work of art. It is the journey of a person living today, their thoughts, and the very record that they were here. Everyone who stands before the camera has their own story. Our work is to hold that warmth in photographs and words.

Here are a few of the creators we have photographed.

David Beaulieu, an actor based in Paris.
Chihiro Nakamura, a calligrapher — the fleeting gesture born of ink and brush.
And “Le Gang du Zabuton,” who perform rakugo in French. Its founders, Sandrine Garbuglia and Stéphane Ferrandez, are the first rakugo performers in France, trained by rakugo storytellers from Osaka in 2009. They have completed five performance tours in Japan, taking root in France with the art of storytelling on a single cushion.

Different nationalities, different generations, different forms of expression. And yet, the stories gathered through these sessions will, in time, resonate together as a single montage. The story that emerges changes depending on who takes part. That is exactly why we ourselves, the ones behind the camera, are looking forward to seeing what kind of exhibition December will bring.

▼ Full press release/RESPONSE
https://response.jp/release/kyodonews_kokunai/20260602/239832.html

About Studio Tales

Studio Tales is a content production studio run by Mariko Akimoto, based in Okinawa, Hiroshima and France. We work in photography, editorial writing, 360° photo archives, and AI-ready web information design.

【Projects】

  • ▶Human Light: An archive of people and their activities, in photographs and stories
  • ▶YOUR STORY: Galleries of artists who have kept on creating, archived for the future
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