BiographyAya Takashima completed a BFA in Fine Art Photography at Osaka University of Arts, Japan and an MFA in Imaging Arts/Photography at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. She is represented in the Rochester Institute of Technology's MFA Portfolio 2000, along with the work of other participants in the program and members of the faculty. Takashima teaches photography at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and Northern Virginia Community College.