is a Japanese
photographer, a member of
Magnum Photos who has specialized in photographing the far east.
Born in
Kanda (Tokyo), Kubota studied politics at
Waseda University, graduating in 1962.
[Yoshiko Suzuki (, ''Suzuki Yoshiko''), "Kubota Hiroji", ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers'' (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ), p.113. ] In 1961 he met the
Magnum photographers
René Burri
René Burri (9 April 1933 – 20 October 2014) was a Swiss photographer. Burri was a member of Magnum Photos and photographed major political, historical and cultural events and key figures of the second half of the 20th century. He made portrai ...
,
Elliott Erwitt, and
Burt Glinn.
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of Kubota, Magnum Photos. Accessed 20 December 2009. He then studied journalism and international politics at the
University of Chicago, and became an assistant to Erwitt and
Cornell Capa, in 1965, a freelance photographer.
Kubota photographed the
1968
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Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
US
presidential election and then
Ryūkyū islands before their return to Japan in 1972. He then photographed
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in 1975,
North Korea in 1978, and
China
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in 1979–85, and the USA in 1988–92, resulting in books and exhibitions.
Kubota won the
Mainichi Art Prize in 1980,
and the
Annual Award of the
Photographic Society of Japan
The is an organization set up in December 1951 to advance photography in Japan. Its membership of about 1,400 includes both amateur and professional photographers, as well as researchers, critics, and people in the photographic industry. Its add ...
in 1981. Three of his publications won him the first Kodansha Publishing Culture Award in 1970: "Black People", and essays on
Calcutta and the Ryūkyū islands.
Exhibitions by Kubota
*"The President's People." Neikrug Gallery (New York), 1976.
*.
Nikon Salon (Tokyo), 1976.
*"Daigan no nagare" (). Odakyu Department Store, 1976.
*"Keirin mugen" (). Matsuya (Ginza), 1982.
*"On China."
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(New York), 1982.
*"Chūgoku mange" (). Matsuya (Ginza), 1986.
*"Korea: Above the 38th Parallel." ICP (New York), 1986.
*"Magnum en Chine" The Rencontres d'Arles festival, Arles, France, 1988.
*"China."
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum (
Tokyo), 1991
*"From Sea to Shining Sea: A Portrait of America." Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), 1992
*"Out of the East: Recent Photographs of Asia." Equitable Gallery (New York), 1997
*"China: Fifty Years inside the People's Republic."
Asia Society
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(New York), 1999–2000
*"Can We Feed Ourselves?" Asia Society (New York);
School of Oriental and African Studies (London), 2001/2002
*"USA 1963–69 and Burma 1970–78." Photo Gallery International (Shibaura, Tokyo), 2009.
List of exhibitions
photography-now.com. Accessed 20 December 2009.
Books by Kubota
*''Daigan no nagare: Chūgoku no fūdo to ningen'' (). Tokyo: PPS, 1980. Exhibition catalogue.
*''Daigan no nagare: Chūgoku no fūdo to ningen'' (). Tokyo: Geibunsha, 1981.
*''Keirin mugen'' (). Tokyo: Iwanani Shoten, 1982.
*''Yūkyū no daichi Chūgoku: 5000-nen no rekishi o yuku'' (). Higashi Murayama: Kyōikusha, 1985. .
*''Kōzan senkyū'' (). Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1985. .
*''China.'' Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, 1985. .
*''Chūgoku mange'' (). Tokyo: PPS, 1986. Exhibition catalogue.
*''Chūgoku mange'' (). Tokyo: TBS Britannica, 1986. .
*''Chine.'' euilly-sur-Seine d. Hologramme 1987.
*''Zhongguo feng wu'' (中國風物). Hong Kong: San lian shu dian Xianggang fen dian, 1987. .
*''Chōsen 38-dosen no kita'' (). Higashi Murayama: Kyōikusha, 1988. .
*''Chōsen meihō Hakutōsan Kongōsan'' (). Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1988. .
*''Chine: Photos de Hiroji Kubota.'' Paris: École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, 1988.
*''Pungnyŏk ŭi sanha: Kubotʻa Hiroji sajinjip: Paektusan, Kŭmgangsan'' (북녘의산하: 구보타히로지사진집: 백두산 금강산). Seoul: Hanʼgyŏre Sinmunsa, 1988.
*''Shinpen keirin mugen'' (). Tokyo: Iwanami, 1990. .
*''Shinpen Kōzan shinkyū'' (). Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1991. .
*''Haruka naru daichi Chūgoku'' (). Hachiōji: Tokyo Fuji Bijutsukan, 1991.
*''Amerika no shōzō'' (). Tokyo: Shūeisha, 1992. .
*''From Sea to Shining Sea: A Portrait of America.'' New York: Norton, 1992. .
*''Amerika: ein Porträt.'' Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, 1992. .
*''Ichiban tōi kuni: Kita Chōsen annai'' (). Tokyo: Takarajima, 1994: .
*''China.'' New York: Norton, 1995. .
*''Ajia to shokuryō'' () / ''Can We Feed Ourselves?'' Tokyo: Ie no Hikari Kyōkai, 1999. . The captions specify the place in both Japanese and English but the explanatory text is in Japanese only.
*''Can We Feed Ourselves? A Focus on Asia.'' New York: Magnum, 1999. .
*''Out of the East: Transition and Tradition in Asia.'' New York: Norton, 1999. .
*''Japan.'' New York: Norton, 2005. .
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1939 births
Living people
People from Chiyoda, Tokyo
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