1: Personal Background Yuni Yoshida is a 34-year old Digital Designer and Artist. She attended University at Joshibi University of Art and Design, after which she worked her way through several advertising/marketing businesses and other various employers. She eventually found herself working under Takuya Onuki where she began to solidify her unique art style. Around 2007 she left her job and worked as a sole individual, making a name for herself in the art world by directing various campaigns for department stores like La Foret Harajuku and Parco, as well as several CD jackets for popular bands.
2: Style Her work often features female models, focusing less on the model themselves and more on the picture as a whole. Her photographs are in a surrealist style, and have their own flavor to them that differentiates them from your run-of-the-mill photography. The settings are often dreamlike places or spaces, playing with perspective, form, shape, and definition in a unique way rarely (or maybe never) seen before.
3: Philosophy At least in my opinion, her style is meant to challenge the viewers perception of reality. The way the overlapping elements combine to create a solid scene in insanely impressive, and shows that there's more than meets the eye in her photos. I think that the photos reflect her personal view on things, showing us the world through the lens of her perspective. The photos may not have any deeper social or political meaning. But that doesn't discredit the fact that they are high quality works of art that deserve to be seen.
4: Influences I was influenced by Yuni Yoshida's surrealist take on photography and how it challenges shape & form simultaneously. Because we focused mainly on natural lighting, outdoor scenery, and realistic photos this trimester, I didn't get the chance to express my love for types of non-natural photography (Long exposure art, Surrealist photography, etc.). I've always had a desire to see things in full; to know every side of the story, every view. This need to understand something in full is major aspect of my creative process when considering what to make & how to make it, and seeing a similar process appear in the artwork of Yuni Yoshida gives me a real respect for her works.