写真家。1964年、大阪・十三生まれ。水商売、テキ屋、運送業などの職を経て、児童福祉士を目指すなど様々な経歴を持ち、カメラマンに。『CUT』などファッション写真、広告写真、ルポルタージュ等も手掛ける。写真集に『Slang from tokyo vol.1』共著（リトル・モア／1998年）、『髪型東京』（メディアファクトリー／1999年）、『ニッポンタカイネ』（メディアファクトリー／1999年）、『申し訳ございません』（新潮社／2000年）、最新作に暴走族を7年間撮り続けてまとめあげた『族』（リトル・モア刊）がある。洋書ではマーク・サンダースによる編集の『Bosozoku』（Trolley）、同じくマーク・サンダース、澤文也、都築響一編集による日本人アーティスト28人を紹介する『reflex』にもその一人として紹介されている。

After aspiring to become a child welfare caseworker, he found himself in various fields such as the water trade, street vending and the courier business before eventually becoming a photographer. He takes fashion photographs for magazines such as "CUT", advertising photographs, reportage photographs and more. He has published several photo anthologies including "Slang from tokyo vol.1" co-authored by Little More in 1998, "Kamigata Tokyo" media factory in 1999, "Nippon Takaine" media factory in 1999, "Moushiwakegozaimasen" Shinchosha in 2000 and his latest book "Zoku" Little More containing his photographs of the Bosozoku taken over the last 7 years. Yoshinaga was introduced as one of Japan's best 28 artists in "Reflex" co-edited by Mark Sanders, Fumiya Sawa and Kyoichi Tsuzuki and has also been published abroad in "Bosozoku" Trolley edited by Mark Sanders.

NY, USA
Masayuki Yoshinaga
BOSOZOKU photographs
February 4th through March 5th, 2005
Second floor, 453 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011 USA
Opening reception: February 4th (Fri), 2005, 18:00 - 20:00BR />www.mwakasapresents.com