Theme: 'Color as Identity: My Color Story' - Magazine GENIC July 2026 Issue Releases on Friday, June 5

Mitsubachi Works Inc. (Nakameguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kazuki Mitsuyama) will release the magazine "GENIC | Color as Identity: My Color Story vol.79 July 2026 Issue" on Friday, June 5.

Cover Photo: Maria Svarbova

The theme of the July issue of GENIC, releasing on June 5, is "Color as Identity: My Color Story."

Photo: Miss Bean

The colors in a photograph act as a silent "language" that tells how the creator views the world. That is exactly why we feel and perceive so much through the colors of photography. This is a special feature dedicated to "color" in true GENIC style.

Cover photo by Maria Svarbova
"Color shapes the image of a photograph before its form or content," says Slovakian photographer Maria Svarbova. An unpublished photo from her internationally acclaimed series "Swimming Pool" was chosen for the cover. "Color" defines the atmosphere and rhythm of this image.

【Focus】

"WHITE ─── Everything Turns White" Takako Noel
Photographer and visual artist Takako Noel notes that her previous colorful works were almost a coincidence, and it was only at her spring 2026 exhibition that color finally emerged as a concrete symbol for her. Now that she clearly feels that colors in her photography reflect her mental state, what is she aiming for now and in the future? We present this in a 6-page special feature.

"I want to feel a spark." Kyosuke Azuma
The warmth residing in someone's skin, the presence exuding from expressions, the unique color of a person that suddenly arises in the light. The web magazine "Hitoiro," which gently scooped up the colors of its subjects, has quietly come to a close. "The color of each individual photographer is their vision itself," says Kyosuke Azuma. We take a closer look at his gaze towards people and the world.

"Way of feeling ~Overlapping emotions and reality~" YOSIGO
YOSIGO, a photographer from Spain who generated buzz with his first solo exhibition in Japan in 2024, "Holiday Memories -Moments of Travel-."
Saying, "Color is not merely an aesthetic choice, but a means to feel and understand what we are looking at," what are the colors of Tokyo that he expressed after extending his planned 15-day stay to 6 months?

【Features 1】

The "color expression" of each photographer
Scooping up the colors floating in the light and layering feelings upon them. A photographer's color palette reveals how they see the world, telling a story of "something" that words cannot express. We deliver the unique "color expressions" of 8 photographers.

"Color reveals where emotion lies." Toshiaki Kitaoka (Photographer / Cinematographer)
"The continuation of a dream" Mirei Kuno (Photographer / Filmmaker)
"My Rules." MARCO (Photographer)
"There is a blue I have been chasing forever." Saki Yagi (Photographer)
"Colors Simply Exist - The color that appears beyond the unconscious crop" Natsumi Ito (Art Director / Photographer / Graphic Designer etc.)
"Looking for the light that is already there" Sayuri Murooka (Photographer)
"Always new." Kyohei Hattori (Photographer)
"Color determines the rules of that world" Miss Bean (Director / Photographer)

【Features 2】

International Color Notes - Aesthetics of color seen around the world
The six overseas photographers interviewed all uniformly stated, "Color is like a language that shapes the impression of a photograph." Because of this, we can converse through photographs without an interpreter. What is the color sense cultivated by the environment they grew up in and their studies? This is the aesthetics of color seen globally.

"Quiet and precise" Maria Svarbova (Photographer)
"Visual Language ~Into the realm of painterly vision~" Teresa Freitas (Photographer)
"See things differently ~Color is everything~" Linus Bergman (Photographer)
"Inside the Moment" Monaris (Photographer)
"Weaving the color of a story" Cho Mina (Director / Photographer)
"The Observation of Seasonal Resonance" Jeremy Cheung (Urban Photographer / Content Creator)