日本攝影大師石內都曾於多摩美術學院學習設計與織品，並自學攝影。她透過拍攝遺物與人體部位，長期探討人的存在與消逝，以及人們最不願面對的傷痛與衰老。當拍攝物件時，石內都通常會將物件放置於一個平面，如窗戶、地上、桌面等，再以近距離的姿勢拍攝。這些物件不會被花俏的擺置，而是處於使用中或剛使用完的些微凌亂狀態，汲取出了遺物「還活著」的生命姿態。她的攝影纏繞著創傷、記憶與見證這幾個原命題，溫柔地揭露了創傷，也讓無法訴說的過往得以被看見、被重新理解。石內都2014年獲得哈蘇國際攝影獎，既是第三位獲獎的日本藝術家，也是第一位獲獎的亞洲女性。她曾在洛杉磯J・保羅・蓋蒂博物館與橫濱美術館舉辦過大型個展，也曾於紐約古根漢美術館、威尼斯雙年展、舊金山現代美術館中展出，作品更獲紐約現代美術館、紐約大都會博物館、洛杉磯J・保羅・蓋蒂博物館、舊金山現代美術館、芝加哥藝術博物館等重要機構典藏。
Miyako Ishiuchi was born in Gunma, Japan. Although she studied design and textile in Tama Art University, she is a self-taught photographer. Ishiuchi photographs personal effects of the deceased and body parts to explore death, pain and aging. Ishiuchi's oeuvre gracefully unveils the nuances of melancholy and trauma, inviting viewers to reflect upon the profound and unspoken aspects of life, the passage of time, and the inescapable reality of mortality. Her photography provides a poignant platform for the unsaid memories to come to light, and be re-comprehended. When photographing the personal effects of the deceased, Ishiuchi usually places the objects on a flat surface, like against a window or on the floor or a table, and then photographs them at a close distance. These objects are not displayed with any stylized treatment, but are presented in a slightly disheveled state, either in use or just after, indicating how they are "alive". Ishiuchi Miyako received the Hasselblad Award in 2014, which made her the third Japanese winner and the first Asian female winner. She has held large solo exhibitions at J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles and Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama and she has exhibited at Guggenheim Museum, New York; Venice Biennale, Venice; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. Ishiuchi’s works can be found at Museum of Modern Art, New York; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; and Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.