Makiko Hall
Switzerland

Nominee

"obsession"

a high-functioning autistic child, Washington D.C.

Biography: Makiko Hall is an award-winning photographer and exhibited in North America, Japan and Europe. Her recent exhibition is at La Biennale di Venezia - “The most significant photograph of a contemporary work of art”, Venice, Italy in 2009 - 2010. Over four years, she has been working on a fact/photography book on high-functioning autistic children with a professor from Johns Hopkins University. Since January 2011, Alex Majoli has been instructing her for this project. She was educated at International Center of Photography, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and London Business School.