Meet Rinko Kawauchi, one of Japan’s most popular female photographers. She was born in Shiga, Japan, in 1972 — and currently lives and works in Tokyo. She captures the beauty of ordinary moments which we often ignore:

“The world is connected by what we cannot see,” says Kawauchi, “in times of despair if we hold on to the things we believe are beautiful in life, that energy will change and affect the world in a positive way.”