Japanese photographer and director Mari Sarai works for fashion portrait and fine art.
Sarai approaches subjects with energy and artistry resulting in timeless and captivating images.
She is fearless in the pursuit of creating art with her camera.
Sarai has worked in New York, London, and Tokyo.
Sarai was born in Nara, Japan. She studied photography at Santa Monica College in Los Angeles.
After beginning her career as a photojournalist in New York, Sarai moved back to Japan and transitioned to fashion photography.
After 6 years fashion photographer's carrier in Tokyo, she relocated to London where she became a well-established fashion photographer, shooting for tons of editorials and fashion brands.
She moved back to New York to seek her American dream.
Her work appearing in likes of Document Journal, Interview Magazine and KANGOL, shooting likes of Adele, Scarlett Johanson, and in late Amy Winehouse.

奈良生まれ。
アメリカ、カリフォルニア州Santa Monica College で写真と英語を学ぶ。
卒業後、NYへ渡り、フォトジャーナリスト経験を２年間果たし帰国。
1999年に東京でファッションフォトグラファーとしてスタート。
2005年単身、雑誌の世界に憧れ続けたロンドンへ活動拠点を移す。
Dazed&Confused, i-DやHarper’s Bazzar UK, Vogue UK等で活躍。
2014年NYへ拠点を移す。


Exhibitions / Book Event
2010 NAKED, Gallery SPEAK FOR, Tokyo
2011 NAKED, Blackall Studios, London
2017 SPEAK EASY , BookMarc Tokyo, Tokyo
2017 SPEAK EASY, HPGRP Gallery, New York
2019 Delusion Book Signing, Daikanyama TSUTAYA bookstore, Tokyo
2019 Delusion, OnCanal by WallPlay Gallery, New York
2020 Delusion x のぞき展, Solo photo exhibition, Book & Sons, Tokyo
2021 SEPT.2020 NYC, SO1, Tokyo
2021 SEPT.2020 NYC, NOWHERE, New York
2024 New York - The Abyss, MuMo gallery, Seoul Korea

Photo Book Project
2009 NAKED, 青幻舎 Seigensha Art Publishing, Inc.
2016 SPEAK EASY, DAMIANI Srl
2019 Delusion , THOUSAND,Inc.
2021 SEPT.2020 NYC, Purezine
2022 PINK SCHOOL, self published
2024 Onesta Exile NAOTO, 幻冬舎 Gentosha


Advertising Clients
American Apparel, AVEDA, Bailey’s Hat, Bloomingdales, Coach, Dr.Martens, Four Seasons Hotel, Golden Goose, GU, Jimmy Choo, KANGOL, Kenneth Cole, Lucky Brand, Manhattan Portage, MIKIMOTO, MOUSSY, New Balance, New Era,The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, WeAr4


Editorial
Beauty Paper, CERO, Dazed & Confused, Document Journal, ELLE, Harper’s Bazzar, Interview, i-D, L’Officiel USA, Numero Tokyo, NYLON, PAPER, Porter, Vogue Japan


Celebrities
Amy Winehouse, Adele, Arctic Monkey, Bobby Gilespie, Duran Duran, Ewan McGregor, Exile NAOTO, FKA Twigs, Liam Gallagher, Paris Hilton, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Sofi Tukker, St. Vincent, Thurston Moore, Tom Hiddleston, Victoria Beckham, 北野武、木村拓哉、菅田将暉、多部未華子、平手友梨奈、広瀬すず、ローラ