Ninagawa, Mika: - Mika Ninagawa is a Japanese photographer who has been awarded numerous photography awards including the most authoritative award Kimura Ihei Photography Award in Japan. She is not only a photographer but also a filmmaker. In 2007, she directed her first film SAKURAN to start off her career as a film director. Her retrospective solo exhibition in 2008 Mika Ninagawa: Earthly Flowers, Heavenly Colors toured art museums throughout Japan and attracted over 180,000 visitors. In 2010, the artist published her photo book MIKA NINAGAWA with Rizzoli N.Y.. Her second film Helter Skelter was released in 2012 and collected more than 2.2 million dollars at the box office. In 2014, she was appointed as one of the executive board members for the 2020 Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.