Takeshi Yamamoto is a Japanese documentary photographer whose work explores memory, identity, social issues, and the relationship between people and place through long-term photographic projects.
His series AGAINST FATE, which follows a young Japanese Muay Thai fighter living and training in Thailand, was presented in a solo exhibition at Sony Imaging Gallery Tokyo in 2025. Through this work, Yamamoto examines youth, adversity, belonging, and the ways individuals shape their own lives under difficult circumstances.
His photographs have been exhibited and presented internationally, including in France, Italy, Mexico, Singapore, and the United States.
Yamamoto received the Natori Yonosuke Photography Award in 2013 and an Honorable Mention at Canon New Cosmos of Photography in 2015. He lives and works in Japan.