Based in Japan. Most of her work has revolved around the Asian and Islamic nations, and also capturing the lives of people in the midst of rebuilding their livelihoods amongst disaster brought on by military conflict or natural disaster. In 2001 she won the SSF Award from the SSF World Sports Photography Contest, the Sagamihara New Photographer Fosterage Award in 2002, in addition to the Higashikawa New Photographer Award in 2007 etc. She has displayed many photo exhibitions. Several of her published works include "Re-birth - Women next to the ruins", and " Tian Shan Nan Lu - Around the Taklamakan Desert." She is currently a member of On Asia Images. 1997 9th Canon Ladies Photo Contest's "Princess Prize" 2000 Fuji Photo Salon New Photographer Award's " Fosterage Prize" 2001 "SSF Award" 2001 SSF World Sports Photo Contest 2002 2nd "Sagamihara New Photographer Fosterage Award" 2007 23th "Higashikawa New Photographer Award" 2000 "Remember me" (Shinjuku Park Tower; Tokyo) 2001 "Re-Birth - Women beside the Ruins" (Konica Plaza; Tokyo) 2002 International Asian Photography Festival, Photo City Sagamihara, Sagamihara City in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan 2003 "Into Herself - the Strong will to Live in Afghanistan" (Konica Plaza; Tokyo) "Re-Birth - Women beside the Ruins" (Nikon Salon; Tokyo) 2004 "Under the Veil -Bangladesh & Pakistan" (Shinjuku Maynds Tower; Tokyo) 2005 "Women beside the Ruins 2005" (Aichi Expo 2005; Aichi in Japan) "Xinjiang Uygur in China" (Konica Minolta Plaza; Tokyo) "Tsunami Impact" (Gloria Hall, 63 Building; Soul) 2007 "The Greening of CHINA" (Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building) "International Asian Photography Festival, Photo City Higashikawa, Higashikawa City in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan" 2008 "Cha Ma Gu Dao; The Ancient Tea-Horse Road" (Olympus gallery; Tokyo and Osaka) 2001 "SSF Award" 2001 SSF World Sports Photo Contest Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; Tokyo) 2004 "Japanese Documentary Photographers -The 1960s to the Present" collective exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; Tokyo) 2005 "White Exhibition " (Spiral Hall; Tokyo) 2006 "Women Photographers Exhibition" (Olympus gallery; Tokyo) "Photo & Foto Live !" (Shibuya Le Deco 3; Tokyo) 2007 "200 Professional Photographers Exhibition" (Fujifilm Photo Salon; Tokyo) "Women Photographers Exhibition" (Olympus gallery; Tokyo) "Twelve Worlds -- 12 Photographers who meet D3" (Nikon Salon bis; Tokyo) 2008 "200 Professional Photographers Exhibition" (Fujifilm Photo Salon; Osaka) "Twelve Worlds -- 12 Photographers who meet D3" (Nikon Salon bis; Osaka) 1999 June-Aug. Turkey (Oil Wrestling, Everyday Scenes) July Kosovo (Ethnic Conflicts) Nov.-Dec. Turkey (Great Earthquake) 2000 Feb.-Mar. Taiwan (Great Earthquake) June, Aug. Turkey (Great Earthquake) July Eritrea (Ethiopia-Eritrea Border Conflicts) 2001 Jan. Morocco (Everyday scenes) Feb. India (Great Earthquake) July Macedonia (Ethnic Conflicts) Aug. Zambia (Infections) 2002 Feb.-Mar. Afghanistan (Conflicts) Apr. Papua New Guinea (Everyday Scenes) June-July Afghanistan (Conflicts) Sep. Afghanistan (Conflicts) 2003 Feb.-Mar. Sri Lanka (Ethnic Conflicts) June Ghana (Everyday Scenes, Infections) Sep.-Oct. Afghanistan (Conflicts) Nov. Bangladesh, Pakistan (Everyday Scenes) 2004 Mar.-Apr. Turkey, Cyprus (Everyday Scenes), Iran (Great Earthquake) July-Sep. China (Everyday Scenes) Nov.-Dec. China (Everyday Scenes) 2005 Apr. Indonesia (Great Earthquake and Tsunami) Nov.-Dec. Pakistan (Great Earthquake) 2006 Jan.-Mar. Pakistan (Great Earthquake) Mar. Kyushu in Japan (Everyday Scenes) Jun. Indonesia (Environment, Great Earthquake) Jul. China (Everyday Scenes) Sep.-Oct. Pakistan (Great Earthquake, Everyday Scenes) Nov. Nepal (Ethnic Conflicts, Everyday Scenes) 2007 Feb.-Mar. Philippine (Everyday Scenes) Feb-Mar. Kansai in Japan (Everyday Scenes) Jun. Malaysia (Everyday Scenes) Jun.-Jul. Kyushu in Japan (Everyday Scenes) Jul.-Aug. Hokkaido in Japan (Everyday Scenes) Sep.-Oct. Kyushu in Japan (Everyday Scenes) Nov.-Dec. China (Everyday Scenes) Dec. Kyushu in Japan (Everyday Scenes) 2008 Jan. Kyushu in Japan (Everyday Scenes) Apr. Kansai in Japan (Everyday Scenes) Jan.-Feb. China (Everyday Scenes) Apr.-May Kyushu in Japan (Everyday Scenes) Jul. Kyushu in Japan (Everyday Scenes) IMAOKA Masako mail: masakoimaoka@gmail.com