She has worked as a freelance photographer since 1975, and taught at Kuwasawa Design School and Tokyo Zōkei University from 1966-1978.
[3][4] Ushioda is perhaps best known for her series Bibliotecha (Hon no keshiki, 本の景色), for which she photographed books as valid art objects in 1995.
[5] She published the photobook Bibliotecha in 2017, dividing the images into 26 chapters that show books beyond their presence as mere physical objects.
[1] She published the photobook ICE BOX in 1996, depicting compositions of many refrigerators captured open with the contents inside, or closed from the front, as well as in various settings within the households.
[7] Her series My Husband (Mai hazubando, マイハズバンド) "chronicles Ushioda’s family life and artistic growth" during the 1970s.