NIKITA ONO IS A JAPANESE-BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHER BASED IN LONDON. FOLLOWING AN MA IN HISTORY, ONO RETURNED TO TOKYO. THE NEON-CASTED STREETS ACTED AS A BLANK CANVAS TO INTERPRET, THE PROCESS OF TRANSLATION CONTINUING TO PERMEATE THROUGH ONO'S WORK TODAY. 

WHILE WORKING IN TOKYO AT A LUXURY PR AGENCY, ONO WAS HEADHUNTED BY FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER MARIO TESTINO. AS TESTINO'S CREATIVE PRODUCER IN LONDON ONO’S WORK SPANNED THE GLOBE, CULMINATING IN BOOK PUBLICATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS. ONO NEXT RELOCATED TO BERLIN AS A PRODUCER FOR HIGHSNOBIETY, PRODUCING GLOBAL CAMPAIGNS FOR LUXURY AND FASHION BRANDS.

ONO SUBSEQUENTLY ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A PHOTOGRAPHER TO FULFUL THE ARTISTIC VISION IGNITED IN TOKYO. CHANNELING THAT EYE, ONO’S PRACTICE IS DEFINED BY HIS INTUITIVE USE OF POST-PRODUCTION TO CREATE STYLISED HYPERREAL WORLDS. ALONGSIDE HIS OWN WORK ONO HAS ASSISTED PHOTOGRAPHERS INCLUDING NICK KNIGHT, MERT & MARCUS AND CHO GISEOK.

ONO’S ONGOING FLOWER SERIES PROVIDES HIM WITH AN EMOTIVE CANVAS TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES. ONO APPROACHES HIS FASHION SUBJECTS WITH THE SAME SENSITIVITY HE APPROACHES HIS FLOWERS. THE TWO SUBJECTS ARE THEREFORE INEXTRICABLY LINKED, EACH INFORMING THE OTHER IN AN EVER-EVOLVING DIALOGUE.

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