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Shōji Yamagishi
was a Japanese photography critic, curator, and magazine editor. Biography Yamagishi entered Mainichi Shinbunsha (publisher of ''Mainichi Shinbun'') in 1950. He started as a photographer. From 1963 until its July 1978 issue, Yamagishi edited '' Camera Mainichi,'' and was widely admired both for the quality of the photography he was able to present there and for the encouragement he gave to young photographers. During this period advertising was attracting some of the most talented photographers, and Yamagishi was particularly noted for the way in which he persuaded photographers working in advertising to pursue their own photographic interests during their spare time. As an editor (and curator), Yamagishi had the knack of evaluating and selecting photographs much faster than his peers. ''Camera Mainichi'' was under much pressure from its publisher to make money, or at least not to lose money; the degree of pressure irked Yamagishi and was what caused him to resign. Yamagishi wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainichi Shimbun
The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English-language news website called , and publishes a bilingual news magazine, ''Mainichi Weekly''. It also publishes paperbacks, books and other magazines, including a weekly news magazine, ''Sunday Mainichi''. It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are ''The Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' and the '' Nihon Keizai Shimbun''. The '' Sankei Shimbun'' and the ''Chunichi Shimbun'' are not currently in the position of a national newspaper despite a large circulation for both. History The history of the ''Mainichi Shimbun'' began with the founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The '' Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun'' was founded first, in 1872. The ''Mainichi'' claims that it is the oldest existing Japanese daily newspaper with its 136-year history. The Osaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akihide Tamura
is a Japanese photographer. He was born in Tokyo on 13 March 1947 as Shigeru Tamura (, ''Tamura Shigeru'').Akihide Tamura should not be confused with the well-known photographer Shigeru Tamura (1909–87), whose name is even written with the same ''kanji.'' (Perhaps part of the reason for the younger Tamura's change of name was to avoid this very confusion.) He studied at Tokyo College of Photography, graduating first in 1967 and then from a more advanced course two years later. Tamura's first solo exhibition — under the name Shigeru Tamura () — was ''Yume no hikari'' (Dream light) in Ginza Nikon Salon in 1969. He became known for his somewhat harsh monochrome depictions of landscapes. In 1974 his works appeared within the "New Japanese Photography" show in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Tamura made the stills for several of the late films of Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker who List of works by Akira Kurosawa, directed 30 feature films in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōji Ueda
__NOTOC__ was a Japanese photographer from Tottori Prefecture, Tottori, best known for his distinctive, dreamlike black-and-white images with staged figures, taken on the Tottori Sand Dunes, Tottori sand dunes. The term ''Ueda-chō'' (Ueda-tone) has been used to refer to his cool and mysterious atmospheric style. Ueda began using posed figures and objects in his photographs in 1939, but would be forced to cease his production due to Japan's participation in World War II. His surreal ''Sand Dune'' series, of which the first images were published 1949, was overshadowed by the predominance of social realism, a major trend in Japanese post-war photography. His oeuvre was reconsidered by critics in 1971 after the publication of the widely-appreciated photobook ''Warabe Goyomi'' (Children the Year Round), containing images of children which masterfully balanced social realism and the playfulness of Ueda's posed pictures. Since the 1970s, his work has won him international renown, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruo Tomiyama
, 1935-15 October 2016 was a versatile Japanese photographer, active since the 1960s. Life and work Born in Kanda (Tokyo) on 25 February 1935, Tomiyama dropped out of evening high school in 1956 to study photography for himself.Yoshiko Suzuki (, ''Suzuki Yoshiko''), "Tomiyama Haruo", ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers'' (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ), p.224. All in Japanese, despite the alternative title. From 1960 he was employed as a photographer for the new magazine ''Josei Jishin''; from 1963 he was employed by Asahi Shinbunsha (publisher of '' Asahi Shinbun''), and in the following year he started "Gendai gokan" for the company's news weekly '' Asahi Journal.'' The series — the literal meaning of whose title is something like "a sense for the contemporary language" — won Tomiyama the 1966 newcomer's prize of Nihon Shashin Hihyōka Kyōkai (). In 1966 Tomiyama became a freelance, making extensive travels abroad. Tomiyama's book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Issei Suda
(24 April 1940 – 7 March 2019) was a Japanese photographer who " ombineda pure appreciation of Japanese customs with a sharp investigative eye".大澤友貴, 「須田一政」, 『フジフイルム・フォトコレクション展 富士フイルム株式会社創立80周年記念コレクション 日本の写真史を飾った写真家の「私の1枚」』 = ''101 Only One Photo Collection'' (Tokyo: Fujifilm, 2016; ), pp. 136/238. Life and career Born—as Kazumasa Suda ( ''Suda Kazumasa''「天井桟敷」カメラマン、写真家の須田一政さん死去 , '''', 7 March 2019. Accessed 7 March 2019. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kishin Shinoyama
was a Japanese photographer. He is well-known for having photographed the covers for John Lennon and Yoko Ono's albums, ''Double Fantasy'' and ''Milk and Honey (album), Milk and Honey''. Before his marriage to Saori Minami in 1979, he took a majority of the photographs for her album covers with CBS/Sony. Life and work Shinoyama graduated from Nihon University. He worked with the Light Publicity agency while still a student, and freelanced after graduation. Shinoyama put out a large number of books of photographs of girls, dressed, mostly undressed, and nude. On November 10, 2009, Shinoyama's home and office were searched by police on suspicion of public indecency. The searches stemmed from concerns regarding nude photos he allegedly took in public of two women in August 2008 for his book ''20XX TOKYO''. On May 26, 2010 the court found Shinoyama guilty of public indecency and defiling a place of worship for photographing at Aoyama Cemetery. He was fined 300,000 Yen. Shinoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Morinaga
is a Japanese photographer. Morinaga worked as an assistant to W. Eugene Smith. Work by Morinaga is held in the permanent collection of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography The is an art museum concentrating on photography. As the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, it was founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and is in Meguro-ku, a short walk from Ebisu station in southwest Tokyo. The museum also ....''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers.'' Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese. References Japanese photographers 1937 births 2018 deaths {{Japan-photographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyako Ishiuchi
, is a Japanese photographer. In 2005, she represented Japan at the Venice Biennale. In March 2014, she received the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. Ishiuchi's work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Life and work Ishiuchi was born March 27, 1947, in Nitta District, Gunma, Japan, and raised in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. She graduated from Yokosuka City Public High school and was admitted to the design department at Tama Art University, where she specialized in textile dying and weaving. She left the department in her second year. Ishiuchi grew up in Kiryu and Yokosuka, home to the largest naval base in the East. There, she remained until she was 19. "The scars of adolescence that I sustained there had a big effect on me, and you could say that Yokosuka was the starting point for my photograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Hamaya
was a Japanese photographer active from 1935 to 1999.Sumiyo, Mihashi (), "Hamaya Hiroshi", in ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers'' (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ), p.254. In Japanese only, despite the additional English title. In particular, Hamaya was known for his photographs of rural Japan. Biography Hamaya was born in Shitaya, Tokyo, Japan, on 28 March 1915. Between 1942 and 1945 he contributed to '' Front'', the propaganda photo journal of the Tōhō-sha company. Recognition By 1955 one of Hiroshi Hamaya's photographs, a high-angle view of kimono-clad springtime dancers led by his wife, was included by curator Edward Steichen in the world-touring Museum of Modern Art exhibition '' The Family of Man'' that was seen by more than 9 million visitors. In 1956, Hamaya published his acclaimed photobook "Snow Country" (''Yukiguni'') featuring photographs of Japan's frigid northeastern Tōhoku region in winter. In 1960, Hamaya took part in the mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinzō Hanabusa
is a Japanese photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs. Duties and types of photograp .... As a member of the Japanese Youth Delegation, he visited China during the Chinese-Japanese Youth Meeting in 1965. References Japanese photographers 1936 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Tokyo College of Photography alumni Date of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-photographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiji Arita
was a Japanese commercial photographer who exhibited non-commercial nudes and other work, and later a painter and sculptor. Early life Taiji Arita was born on January 31, 1941, in what is now Kitakyūshū, Japan. After briefly studying law at Chuo University, he opted to instead pursue a career as a photographer and studied under Yasuhiro Ishimoto at Tokyo College of Photography.Combination of two sources: (1) Fuminori Yokoe (), "Arita Taiji", in ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers'' (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ), p. 30. (2) ''Shashinka wa nani o hyōgen shita ka: 1960–1980'' (, What were photographers expressing? 1960–1980; Tokyo: Konica Plaza, 1992)p. 93. Artistic career Photography From 1964 to 1966 Arita worked at Nippon Design Center; from 1967 to 1977 he freelanced for numerous publishers and the advertising industry, also working as a movie cameraman. In 1977, Arita published "First Born",''Shashinka wa nani o h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuyoshi Araki
, professionally known by the mononym , is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. Known primarily for photography that blends eroticism and bondage in a fine art context, he has published over 500 books. Early life and education Araki was born in Tokyo on May 25, 1940. He studied film and photography at Chiba University from 1959, receiving a degree in 1963. He worked at the advertising agency Dentsu, where, in 1968, he met his future wife, the essayist . Art career Araki is one of the most prolific Japanese artists. Many of his photographs are erotic, straddling a line between art and pornography. Among his photography books are ''Sentimental Journey'' (1971), and ''Tokyo Lucky Hole'' (1990). ''Sentimental Journey'' "1972–1992" is a diary of life with his wife Yōko, who died of ovarian cancer in 1990. The first part of ''Sentimental Journey'' shows the couple embarking on married life—their honeymoon and sexual relations. Pictures taken during Yoko's last days we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
