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BEYOND SAKE by Cindy Bissig

  • All Day | Wednesday April 01, 2026 - Thursday April 30, 2026
  • | Ace Hotel Kyoto
  • Free

BEYOND SAKE by Cindy Bissig

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From April 1 through April 30, 2026, Ace Hotel Kyoto’s Gallery will present an exhibition by Beyond Sake, a long-term photographic project by Japan-based sake professional and writer-photographer Cindy Bissig. The project documents craft communities through an intimate focus on sake breweries and the people who sustain them. By observing daily labor, shared environments, and the transmission of knowledge across generations, the work highlights the collective life behind sake production. Through this perspective, Beyond Sake offers insight into a living cultural practice that continues to evolve while remaining deeply rooted in Japanese tradition.

Reception Party : April. 1 (Wed) 6pm-8pm

 

スイス出身・京都在住の写真家・ライターのCindy Bissingが、日本酒文化を支える酒蔵とその共同体を長期的に記録してきたプロジェクト「Beyond Sake」の写真展示を行います。

レセプションパーティー:4月1日(水)18:00-20:00

 

Cindy Bissig

Cindy Bissig is a Swiss photographer and writer based in Kyoto, Japan, with her work rooted in visual storytelling, documenting people, places, and cultural contexts across Japan and beyond.

With a professional background spanning more than 20 years in international hospitality and tourism, Cindy brings a broad, experience-based perspective to her photographic and editorial practice. Her images and writing reflect close engagement with local environments and everyday life. She works within existing light and environments, observing rather than directing, and allowing scenes to unfold as they are. The resulting photographs are grounded in presence, documenting life as it unfolds, with a strong focus on perspective, texture, and spatial relationships.

Alongside her photography, Cindy contributes regularly to international publications, including Travel + Leisure, producing both written features and photographic content. Her practice bridges editorial storytelling and long-term personal projects, with photography remaining central to how she observes, records, and communicates lived environments.

 

スイス出身で京都を拠点に活動する写真家・ライター、シンディ・ビッシグ。彼女の作品はビジュアル・ストーリーテリングを基盤とし、日本各地および海外における人々、場所、文化的背景を記録することに根ざしている。

20年以上にわたる国際的なホスピタリティおよび観光業界でのキャリアを通じて培った幅広い経験を背景に、写真と執筆の双方において多角的な視点を持つ。作品は、地域環境や日常生活への密接な関わりから生まれ、観察に重きを置いたアプローチが特徴である。人工的な演出は行わず、既存の光や環境の中で、目の前の情景が自然に展開する瞬間を捉えている。

その写真は「今、そこにあること(プレゼンス)」に根ざし、時間の流れの中で立ち現れる日常を記録するものであり、視点、質感、空間的関係性に強い関心が向けられている。

また、写真活動と並行して、Travel + Leisure をはじめとする国際的な媒体に定期的に寄稿し、記事執筆と写真の両面で作品を発表している。彼女の実践は、エディトリアルなストーリーテリングと長期的な個人プロジェクトを横断しながら、写真を中心に据えて「生きられた環境」を観察し、記録し、伝えることにある。

 

 

 

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