{"id":853,"date":"2025-07-19T09:16:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T00:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio-tales.com\/?page_id=853"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:31:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studio-tales.com\/en_us\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>About StudioTales<\/h1>\n<p>\nStudioTales is a Japan-based photography and cultural documentation studio founded by Mariko.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe studio provides portrait photography, documentary coverage, and multilingual editorial production for individuals, organizations, and cultural initiatives.\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Background<\/h2>\n<p>\nStudioTales originated from the Hiroshima Women\u2019s Camera Club, established in 2011.<br \/>\nOver time, the project expanded into professional photography services, exhibitions, workshops, and collaborative cultural initiatives.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSince 2019, StudioTales has been based in Okinawa, while maintaining connections with Hiroshima and international activities in France.\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Current Focus<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Portrait and documentary photography<\/li>\n<li>Event and educational documentation<\/li>\n<li>Multilingual article production (Japanese \/ English \/ French)<\/li>\n<li>360\u00b0 visual documentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nStudioTales works both independently and in collaboration with Humanlight, an international archive project directed by Mariko.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About StudioTales StudioTales is a Japan-based photography and cultural documentation studio founded by Mariko. The studio provides portrait photography, documentary coverage, and multilingual editorial production for individuals, organizations, and cultural initiatives. Background StudioTales originated from the Hiroshima Women\u2019s Camera Club, established in 2011. Over time, the project expanded into professional photography services, exhibitions, workshops, and [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-about.php","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-853","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1729,"url":"https:\/\/studio-tales.com\/en_us\/history\/","url_meta":{"origin":853,"position":0},"title":"Our Story","author":"Yu.Mo","date":"2026-02-19","format":false,"excerpt":"As visual culture evolves, we remain committed to recording what is real. Photography, for us, is a practice of presence, context, and accountability. Our History Photography as practice. Photography as possibility. Photography in society. 1. The Beginning \u2014 Hiroshima Women\u2019s Camera Club (2011) In October 2011, Mariko Akimoto founded the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/studio-tales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_4217cc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/studio-tales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_4217cc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/studio-tales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_4217cc.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/studio-tales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_4217cc.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio-tales.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio-tales.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio-tales.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio-tales.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio-tales.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":110,"href":"https:\/\/studio-tales.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1716,"href":"https:\/\/studio-tales.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/853\/revisions\/1716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio-tales.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}