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Toshiki Nakanishi (b. 1971 in Osaka) has been photographing in Hokkaido since 1989. In 2012, he moved to the town of Biei in central Hokkaido. In his photography, Nakanishi focuses on the Daisetsuzan mountain range and its foothills, exploring the relationship between nature and the people who live and have lived in Hokkaido. In 2022, he won the Hokkaido Photo Festa Portfolio Review Grand Prix Award for his series on archaeological relics of the Okhotsk culture.

His major exhibitions include “Hikarinoiro” (Canon Gallery, Tokyo, 2012), “Ordinary” (Ricoh Imaging Square, Tokyo, 2016), “Design” (Hiroshige Gallery, Tokyo, 2017), “Signs” (Nine Gallery, Tokyo, 2019), and “Kamuy” (Canon Gallery, Tokyo, 2020). He has published the photobooks “Ordinary” (Fukei Shashin, 2016), “Design” (Canon DreamLabo5000, 2017), “Farmlandscape” (Seiseisha, 2019), “Kamuy” (Genkosha, 2020), and many others.

Toshiki Nakanishi is a member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society, a member and mentor of the Japan Nature Scenery Photograph Association, and a MindShift Gear ambassador.