is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist working in the genres self-portraiture, portraiture, street photography, installation, research-based and still life. In 2000, Nagashima was awarded the prestigious Kimura Ihei Award. Nagashima is a photography lecturer at Waseda, Tokyo and Musashino Universities in Tokyo and a visiting professor at Kyoto Art University. Early work 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. Nagashima was nominated for the award by Nobuyoshi Araki, one of Japan's best known photographers. At the time, Nagashima was still a student at Musashino Art University in Tokyo from where she graduated in 1995 with a BA in visual communication design. In 1995, Nagashima had a two-person exhibition with the American photographer Catherine Opie at the Parco Gallery, Tokyo. Following this encounter with Opie, Nagashima embarked on a MFA at the California Institute of the Arts under her supervision. In at times provocative photographs, Nagashima has tested public perceptions on obscenity and censorship in Japan. Photography Monographs Nagashima has published numerous important photography monographs that deal with the family, gender, identity and sexuality, such as Senaka no kioku (2009) (literally translated, "Memories of a back" which hints at childhood where children are carried on their mother's backs). The series depicts biographical stories from her childhood. Photobooks are an important format in the history of Japanese photography. This format became more important than prints starting in the 1960s due to the quality of design, printing and materials. Nagashima's photobooks include: Nagashima Yurie Photobook, Fuga, Tokyo, 1995. . Empty White Room (), Little More, Tokyo, 1995. . Kazoku () / A Family, Korinsha Press, Kyoto, 1998. . Pastime Paradise, Madra, Tokyo, 2000. . not six, Switch, Tokyo, 2004. . Senaka no Kioku (), Kodansha, Tokyo, 2009. . Swiss, Akaaka, Tokyo, 2010. . 5 comes after 6, MATCH and Company, Tokyo, 2014. Exhibitions From 2000 to 2014, Nagashima was represented by the gallery SCAI the Bathhouse in Tokyo, where she had numerous solo and group exhibitions. In addition to her work as a photographer and photography lecturer, in August 2014, Nagashima was a Master at the International Summer School of Photography, in Latvia. She led a workshop titled 'Photography as a Subversive Tactic: Being the Other'. Nagashima is currently represented by MAHO