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Jinn Yagi

Jinn Yagi

Artist / Photographer

Favourite food: mango — and fruit of every kind.
Favourite things: taking photographs that make people happy, making art, and being the spark that starts something for someone.

It has already been twelve years since I founded LS STUDIO.

It all began in 2014, when I built a studio in Mibu, Kyoto. At the time I ran a select shop and simply wanted a place to photograph clothing.

We started renting the studio out when we weren’t using it, and little by little more and more people came to use it.

Then people began asking, “Could you do the shoot for us, too?” Before I knew it, I was photographing all kinds of subjects — fashion, products, people, architecture, hotels, advertising.

Looking back, LS STUDIO never started with a grand plan. Where we are today is the result of valuing each connection and giving our all to the work in front of us.

That is why I want to keep treasuring those connections.

Whoever asks us to take their photographs, whatever the size or genre of the job, we give it everything we have, every time.

After twelve years of LS STUDIO, that stance hasn’t changed.

I want to keep discovering what makes people and brands special, and sharing it through photography.

I hope LS STUDIO will always be that kind of place.

— Jinn Yagi

Born in Kyoto. Completed an MA in Interactive Arts & Media at Middlesex University, London. Kyoto-based photographer.

  • Member, Japan Professional Photographers Society (JPS)
  • Member, Japan Advertising Photographers’ Association (APA)
  • AMAN Certified Photographer
  • Silver Prize, Free Category, Nikkor Photo Contest 2025

Alongside exhibiting internationally as a photographer and artist, Jinn Yagi leads LS STUDIO, working across a broad range of photography and film — advertising and brand visuals, hotels, architecture and completed projects, products, food, fashion, corporate and portrait photography, and VIP shoots.

From planning and creative direction through photography and film production, the studio provides an end-to-end service that brings the identity and values of brands and companies to life through visual storytelling.

Working with clients in Japan and around the world, in both Japanese and English.

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Biography

2005
“HONESTY”, solo exhibition, etw, Kyoto
2020
KG+ “Unnatural Nature”, LS STUDIO & Gallery, Kyoto
2021
KG+ “Ambiguous Boundary Patterns”, LS STUDIO & Gallery, Kyoto
2022
“LGBTQ+”, Kyoto Bar Association
KG+ “Boundary Patterns Between Me and Others”, LS STUDIO & Gallery, Kyoto
JINN YAGI SOLO EXHIBITION, TUNE STAY KYOTO
2023
KG+ “Sensitive daily life and panicky nights”, backs Gazai Gallery, Kyoto
5th JPS Members’ Kansai Exhibition, Fuji Photo Salon & AMS Gallery, Kyoto & Osaka
2024
KG+ “Samsara: Fragments of Circulation”, backs Gazai Gallery
Marché du Film, Cannes Film Festival, France — film WILD BOYS
“Kuu: Moments of Circularity”, THE IW GALLERY, New York
6th JPS Members’ Kansai Exhibition, Fuji Photo Salon & AMS Gallery, Kyoto & Osaka
2025
KG+ “20 years”, Art Space Kan, Kyoto
7th JPS Members’ Kansai Exhibition “Professional Eyes”, Fuji Photo Salon & AMS Gallery, Kyoto & Osaka
13th Discover the One Japanese Art 2025 in Paris, Espace Cinko, France
12th Cheongju International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Schema Art Museum, Korea
“Creating Ma: Between Korea and Japan”, Kyoto Hall Keiryu
2026
NEW YORK EMPIRE STORES Traveling Exhibition — “KUU: Moments of Circularity”, Jinn Yagi & Mabo, curated by Vida Sabbaghi
MINERVA 2026, Mall Galleries (West / East / North), London
4th Kazu Nakagawa Exhibition, Osaka
“Social Layer — The Comfort of Silence”, Art Space Kan, Kyoto
Yeoju International Photo Festival, KG+ SPECIAL 2026, Kyoto Station Building 7F
icon Contemporary Photography Exhibition 2026, SHIBUYA SACS, Tokyo
“Different”, Jinn Yagi solo exhibition, Yodoyabashi Station One 30F, Osaka

Works