Kosuke Okahara

Kosuke Okahara (born 1980) is a Japanese photographer who covers social issues in the tradition of humanistic documentary photography.

Okahara is a winner of PDN's 30,[citation needed] Joop Swart Masterclass of World Press Photo,[citation needed] Eugene Smith Fellowship, Getty Images Grant, and Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award.

After a period of training and competing in freestyle skiing at the international level, he[1] studied education at Waseda University.

Upon obtaining his degree, he embarked on a career as a photographer, alternating between news- reporting and long-term personal projects.

Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, he documents the region devastated by the disaster with a particular attention given to the signs of time.