Featured in Commercial Photo Magazine, September 2026

The September issue takes an in-depth look at the ideas and techniques behind photographing sport and the human body in motion.

Special feature: Photographing the body

How do you capture the energy of an athlete or the grace of a dancer in a photograph? Through behind-the-scenes looks at newly commissioned work and commentary from leading photographers, the feature explores the ideas, techniques and equipment choices behind images of the body in motion. It also goes behind the scenes of two global sporting events: the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup. On the cover, Yumiko Inoue photographs Haruo Niyama of the Tokyo Ballet.

Part 1 — New work on the body in motion
Three photographers take on commissioned shoots with athletes and dancers. Alongside the images, making-of material and interviews reveal their thinking on lighting, location and working with their subjects. Featuring Ippo Kawai, Munetaka Tokuyama and Yumiko Inoue.

Part 2 — Learning from the work
Four photographers explain how they photograph the body, using their own work to discuss intent, lighting and equipment. Featuring Satoshi Minakawa, Chikara Takasu, Yohei Shimada and Naoki Nishimura.

Related features
Photo Kishimoto on the backstage of Olympic photography, with lessons from Milano Cortina 2026; and Getty Images on its largest-ever operation, the front line of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Series: Nippon Photographer Visits, Vol. 23

Featuring Jinn Yagi — a Kyoto photographer who shoots advertising while continuing to push into contemporary art.

The issue also includes Taku Kimura’s “SALSA: The World of Sauce”, Showcase #42 with Masaya Uemura, and regular columns including Create My Book, Zeus’s Still-Life Magic, Kazuki Nagayama’s commercial portraiture series, the GLAY Creative Collection, Photographer Survival Strategies and Ryo Fujii’s dream diary.