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Bruno Quinquet as director. 2013 sepia formal portrait.

Bruno Quinquet, Founder and Director.
Hunter-Gatherer-Publisher, since 2007.
Tokyo based.

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June 17-20 2026: I never read・Basel Art Book Fair

June 26-27 2026: MISS READ BERLIN

Publications as Bureau d'Etudes Japonaises 研究所

  • 2026 "Shokuyoku no aki・l'appétit de l'automne"
  • 2026 "flora japonica season 2: Bashotori"
  • 2026 "〒 YUBIN selection"
  • 2025 "〒 YUBIN vol.5 Taito-ku"
  • 2024 "artist in residence"
  • 2024 "〒 YUBIN vol.4 Minato-ku"
  • 2023 "〒 YUBIN vol.3 Sumida-ku"
  • 2022 "〒 YUBIN vol.2 Shibuya-ku"
  • 2021 "〒 YUBIN vol.1 Chiyoda-ku"
  • 2021 "flora japonica season 1: AKIBARE"
  • 2014 "Salaryman Project business schedule 2015"
  • 2013 "Salaryman Project business schedule 2014"
  • 2012 "Salaryman Project business schedule 2013"

Other publications

  • 2026 "Now is Now Tokyo", teNeues. Curated by Lukasz Palka. link
  • 2010 "Street Photography Now", Thames and Hudson. By Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren. link

Articles & Magazines

  • 2023 LensCulture. Article by Magali Duzant about "〒 YUBIN".
  • 2021 Perimetro Tokyo issue / Perimetro Magazine (Italia)
  • 2021 Vostok Magazine vol.15 (Korea)
  • 2017 Le Monde / L'époque magazine February
  • 2015 Harvard Business Review April issue, spotlight artist
  • 2015 Tokyo Weekender (Japan)
  • 2015 Ponto magazine (Japan)
  • 2014 blow photo issue 10 (Ireland)
  • 2014 Photo+ July issue (Korea)
  • 2012 Invisible Photographer Asia online magazine, interview by Sebastian Song.
  • 2010 "Obsession of a salaryman otaku", 1000 Words Photography magazine. Article by Nathalie Belayche.
  • 2009 "Of Salarymen and Flowers", HotShoe magazine. Article by Bill Kouwenhoven. PDF

Fairs

  • 2026 Miss Read Berlin
  • 2026 I Never Read, Basel Art Book Fair
  • 2026 Zine Fair at CP+, Yokohama
  • 2025 Tokyo Art Book Fair
  • 2025 T3 Photbook Marche, Tokyo
  • 2025 Photbook Switzerland 25, Geneva

Solo exhibitions

  • 2019 "flora japonica/Akibare" private view at Bureau d'Etudes Japonaises, Tokyo.
  • 2017 "Salaryman Project" Higashikawa Bunka Gallery, Hokkaidō.
  • 2017 "Salaryman Project" Canon Gallery, Tokyo (The Month of Photography TOKYO 2017).
  • 2014 "Salaryman Project" Atsukobarouh Gallery, Tokyo.
  • 2014 "Eclipse" Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Vision. Kobo Chika Gallery, Tokyo.
  • 2013 "Salaryman Project" Atsukobarouh Gallery, Tokyo.
  • 2011 "Business x Nature" Hibiya Patio, Tokyo.
  • 2010 "2LDK" Visual Arts Gallery, Tokyo.
  • 2009 "Salaryman Project" Visual Arts Gallery, Tokyo.

Group exhibitions

  • 2023 "Performing the photobook" Format Festival, Derby, UK.
  • 2016 Gallery Ibasho, Antwerp, Belgium.
  • 2014 Singapore International Photo Festival, National Museum.
  • 2013 "Visual Communication" Tsukuba Museum, Ibaraki, Japan. Curated by Yukiko Tasaki.
  • 2013 "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" French Institute, Yangon, Myanmar. Curated by Christophe Loviny.
  • 2012 "Tanto Tempo Pure 2012" Tanto Tempo Gallery, Kobe, Japan.
  • 2011 "Foreign-Familiar" curated by Wolfgang Bellwinkel for the Goethe Institut Bangkok.
  • 2011 "Right Here, Right Now" Format Festival, Derby, UK. Curated by Louise Clements.
  • 2011 "Dreams" Chobi Mela VI Festival.
  • 2010 "Street Photography Now" Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, UK.
  • 2010 "Des Photographes, des Japons" Instituts Franco Japonais. Curated by Christine Cibert.
  • 2009 "The Pursuit of Happiness" Noorderlicht Festival, Groningen, The Netherlands
  • 2009 FujiFilm Photo Salon, Tokyo

Awards

  • 2010 Rencontres d'Arles, France. Photo Folio Review 5th winner.
  • 2010 Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Project competition, honorable mention.
  • 2008 Voies Off, Arles, France. Shortlisted.
  • 2008 New York Photo Awards. Nomination.

Other Media

  • 2003 "Le musée revisité", Musée Antoine Lecuyer, France. Sound installation.