Her book「僕らの女の子写真からわたしたちのガーリーフォトへ」 [From their “girls’ photography” to our girly photo] (2020) unpacked systemic gender bias in Japanese art criticism through discourse analysis.
Yurie Nagashima rose to national fame in Japan after receiving the second annual Urbanart award hosted by the Parco Gallery in Tokyo in 1993 for a series of photographs depicting herself and her family in the nude.
In addition to her work as a photographer, curator, lecturer, and writer, in August 2014, Nagashima was a Master at the International Summer School of Photography, in Latvia.
[5] In 2023, Nagashima created the School of Care at Minatomachi Art Table in Nagoya where she worked with participants from the public around the themes of well-being from a feminist perspective.
[12] Nagashima curated a major show at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa called "Countermeasures Against Awkward Discourses: From the Perspective of Third Wave Feminism" from October 15, 2021—March 13, 2022.