Shin Noguchi was born in Shinjuku, Tokyo, in 1976. He focusses on Japanese culture, capturing its complexity in discrete, poetic and enigmatic pictures. Solo exhibitions have taken him to Russia, France and China, among other places. His work has been presented in The Guardian and The Independent on a number of occasions, and he has had assignments published in Die Zeit and Libération. His book, In Color in Japan, was published in 2020.