was a Japanese magazine editor and photography critic.
Nishii was born in Tokyo in 1946. He graduated in economics from
Keio University
, mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword
, type = Private research coeducational higher education institution
, established = 1858
, founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa
, endowmen ...
in 1968, and shortly after this
moved to the company publishing ''
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 ''The Mainichi'' (previ ...
,'' rising via stints at ''
Sunday Mainichi'' and ''
Mainich Graph'' to become editor in chief of ''
Camera Mainichi
is a Japanese monthly magazine of photography that started in June 1954 and ceased publication in April 1985.Mari Shirayama, "Major Photography Magazines", pp. 378–385 of Anne Wilkes Tucker, ed., ''The History of Japanese Photography'' ...
'' from 1983 until the magazine folded in 1985. After the demise of ''Cam''e''ra Mainichi,'' Nishii worked as an editor for various book-publishing projects of Mainichi Shinbun-sha. Nishii first proposed the
Society of Photography Award The Society of Photography Award (「写真の会」賞, ''Shashin no Kai shō'') is an award presented annually since 1989 by the (Tokyo-based) Society of Photography (写真の会, ''Shashin no Kai'') for outstanding work in photography.
Recipie ...
and played a major role in setting it up.
Shashin no kai shō
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Books by Nishii
*''Hizuke no aru shashinron'' (). Tokyo: Seikyūsha is a publisher based in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Philosophy, ideology, religion, mysticism, sexuality, and subculture are the main themes covered by the books it publishes. There is also a large number of publications related to Takarazuka Revue. ...
, 1981.
*''Shashin to iu media'' (, The medium called photographs). Tokyo: Tōjunsha, 1982.
*''Shōwa 20-nen Tōkyō chizu'' (, A map of Tokyo, 1945–50). Tokyo: Chikuma Shobō, 1986. .
*''Shōwa 20-nen Tōkyō chizu: zoku'' (, A map of Tokyo, 1945–50, continued). Tokyo: Chikuma Shobō, 1987. .
*''Kurayami no ressun'' (). Tokyo: Misuzu Shobō, 1992. .
*''Sengo 50-nen'' (, Fifty years after the war). Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1995.
*''Distance: Eiga o meguru danshō'' (). Tokyo: Kage Shobō, 1996. .
*''Shashinteki kioku'' (, Photographic memories). Tokyo: Seikyūsha, 1997. .
*''Shashin no yosoyososhisa'' (). Tokyo: Misuzu Shobō, 1996. .
*''Naze imada "Purovōku" ka'' (). Tokyo: Seikyūsha, 1996. .
*''20-seki shashinron: Shūshō'' (). Tokyo: Seikyūsha, 2001. .
*''Daido Moriyama.'' Phaidon 55. London: Phaidon, 2001. .
*''Shashin-henshūsha: Yamagishi Shōji e no omāju'' (, Photo editor: A homage to Shōji Yamagishi). Tokyo: Mado-sha, 2002. .
Notes
External links
Nishii text archive
at the Society of Photography (Tokyo)
for the 13th ''Nihon no moji to kumihan o kangaeru kai'' seminar held on 18 April 1999.
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1946 births
2001 deaths
Writers from Tokyo
Photography critics
Photography in Japan
Japanese writers
Japanese magazine editors
Keio University alumni