Murakami was born in Tokyo in 1977. After graduating from university, he studied photography at Tokyo Visual Arts. Starting from 2008, he joined the editorial department of Nippon Camera magazine, while also beginning to edit books and photobooks for photographic artists. In 2021, he founded the company PCT and started running the website “Photo & Culture, Tokyo”, and in 2022, he became the editor-in-chief of the photography magazine Sha Shin (Fugensha).

Selected Publications

2008 - "Kumogakure Onsen-Yuki" Seigensha
2015 - "Kumogakure Onsen: Reclusive Travels" Roshin Books
2020 - "Subway Diary" Roshin Books
2025 - "Dream Within a Dream" Zen Foto Gallery

Awards

2000 16th Hitotsubo Photography Exhibition, Grand Prize
2007 5th Visual Arts Photo Award, Grand Prize

Gallery Exhibitions

Publications & Prints