# Takay

> Known for black-and-white fashion portraiture, including Fluence, his book-length tribute to Yohji Yamamoto.

- Canonical: https://thecastindex.com/creatives/takay
- Discipline: Photographer
- Based: New York, Japan
- Known for: Fashion photography for L’Uomo Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and i-D; campaigns for Y-3 and Armani Jeans
- Editor: Kaiser Khan

Born in 1973, the Japanese photographer Takay began his career in 1996 after moving to the UK, working with i-D, and is now based between Tokyo and New York. His work has run in L’Uomo Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar Germany and in campaigns for Armani Jeans and Y-3, and has appeared in museum exhibitions including PUNK: Chaos to Couture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2013); his books include ECHOS (2016) and Fluence: The Continuance of Yohji Yamamoto (2020).