is a

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. He is known for his

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and advertising photography as well as his nudes of girls and women. He earned his degree from

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's College of Art with a major in photography. Sawatari won the Japan Photograph Association's ''Nendo Sho'' (Annual Award) of 1973 for his book ''Nadia'',''Photography Year 1974''. Time-Life Books, 1974, p. 183. which visually documents his romantic relationship with an Italian woman by this name. He won their 1979 award for ''Alice from the Sea''. In 1990 he won the Kodansha Publication Culture Award in Photography for ''Taste of Honey''. His photographs have been exhibited by many institutions including Ginza Wacoal Hall and the

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. His book ''Alice'', an interpretation of

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'', is controversial for its full-frontal nudity of a prepubescent girl.

Books

*''Nadia: Mori no Ningyokan''. Japan: Camera Mainichi / Mainichishinbun-sha, 1973. Reprint edition: Japan: Asahi Sonorama, 1977. Excerpt edition: ''Nadia in Sicily 1971'' Ricochet, 2004 *''Alice / Arisu''. Tokyo, Japan, 1973 *''Seiji Ozawa''. Japan: Shueisha, 1975 *''Alice from the Sea''. Tokyo, Japan:

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, 1979 *''Taste of Honey''. IPC, 1990 (with Amy Yamada) *''A Girl''. Japan: Hysteric Glamour, 2000

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References

*''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers.'' Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . Japanese erotic photographers Japanese photographers 1940 births Living people {{Japan-photographer-stub