Born in Ehime Prefecture in 1988, Maetani now resides in Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2013, he received an MA in Fine Art from the Kyoto University of the Arts. He works primarily with photography, which he uses as a means to transform and affirm his own behaviors. He thinks about how he can relate to the places he visits and the situations that arise there, then puts those ideas into practice and creates artworks that document the outcomes. Starting from self-portraits, he then develops his creations using the camera to contemplate his “own position,” moving back and forth between his own standpoint and another which views him as part of the landscape. Maetani also engages in artistic collaborations and archival photography as a member of the shared studio “Yamanaka Suplex,” as well as the artist groups “Kisoji” and “ARCHIVES PAY.”