A Maiko

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Photographer

Inge van Mill
Prize

Honorable Mention
Company/Studios

Van Mill Photography
Date of Photograph

April 26th of 2018
Technical Info

1/80, ISO 4000, f 5, full sensor
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Website

http://www.ingevanmill.com

Japan. Kyoto. April 26th 2018. A Maiko is crossing the street and passing tourists in the Gion district. The traditional culture and today's society are coming together. The geisha tradition is still being exercised. Traditionally a Geisha begins their training at a young age. Some girls were bonded to geisha houses (okiya) as childern. A Maiko is an apprentice and is therefore bonded under a contract to her okiya. A Maiko will start her formal training on the job as a minarai, which literally means 'learning by watching' at an ozashiki. Later a Maiko will become a Geisha.

Biography

Inge van Mill (1976, The Hague, the Netherlands) has been a professional photographer / photojournalist for nineteen years. She is also an artist and has recently started making documentaries. In 1998 she graduated and continued her education at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, where she graduated in 2002. “Through my journalistic & artistic background I observe the world in which we coexist. Subjects I approach on content and with feeling, to be able to unravel our complex society and visualise this, encompassing it in all her layers.
Awards

• ND Awards 2018 (Neutral Density Photography Awards) Honorable Mention. Category: Wildlife. Title: Love of the Macaques (Japan) • ND Awards 2018 (Neutral Density Photography Awards) Honorable Mention. Category: Sports. Title: Isabouckar_Palm (Senegal) • ND Awards 2018 (Neutral Density Photography Awards) Honorable Mention. Category: Documentary. Title: 'Second-class citizen' (The Netherlands) • IPA 2018 (International Photo Awards) Honorable Mention. Categorie: People / Culture. Title: A Maiko (Japan) • IPA 2018 (International Photo Awards) Honorable Mention. Categorie: Nature / Wildlife. Titel: Love of the Macaques (Japan) • IPA 2018 (International Photo Awards) Honorable Mention. Categorie: Nature / other. Title: The Flight (Nederland) • IPA 2018 (International Photo Awards) Honorable Mention. Categorie: People / other. Title: Isabouckar (Senegal) • IPA 2018 (International Photo Awards) Honorable Mention. Categorie: People / other. Title: Isabouckar, between hope and liberty (Senegal) • 2e prize Documentary 2014 ‘Zilveren Camera’, Dutch professional Journalism award, single. Evening hearing of the Syrian refugees at the IND desk in Zevenaar, the Netherlands. • 3e prize, Portrait 2011 ‘Zilveren Camera’, Dutch professional Journalism award, single. Dutch Artist Jan Snoeck & his wife Sara in his atelier in France. • 3e prize, Art & Culture 2005, ‘Zilveren Camera’, Dutch professional Journalism award, series. Bounce, the streetdance sensation in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. • 2e prize, Daily life 2004, ‘Zilveren Camera’, Dutch professional Journalism award, series. Dutch people are hibernating in Benidorm, Spain. • 2e prize, Documentary 2002, ‘Zilveren Camera’, Dutch professional Journalism award, series. Documenatry about the fourteen years old Maroccon-Dutch boy Karim living in the Schilderswijk in The Hague, The Netherlands.