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Japanese photographer
A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs.
Duties and types of photographe ...
. He began photographing in the late 1960s in
Iwaki, where he was born on 30 November 1943. He worked for thirty years in relative isolation. Suzuki's way of designing his photography books, layer upon layer upon layer, became central to his art.
Solo exhibitions
*"Burāman no hikari" () / "India". 1969.
[As listed by Nakamura, who does not specify the place.]
*"Tenmaku no machi" () / "Mind Games". Ginza
Nikon Salon
is the name given to exhibition spaces and activities run by Nikon in Japan.
The Ginza Nikon Salon (in Ginza, Tokyo) opened in January 1968 (with an exhibition of work by Ihei Kimura) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nippon Kōgaku (later ren ...
(Tokyo), 1980.
*. 1983.
*"Gyōkan no nagame Gypsy wind Watakushi no 12-satsu" (). 1984.
*. 1985.
*. 1985.
*. 1987.
*"Nagare no uta" () / "Sunday Picture". 1989.
*"Fool's paradise (Tōkyō, Shōwa 61–63nen)" (). Shinjuku
Nikon Salon
is the name given to exhibition spaces and activities run by Nikon in Japan.
The Ginza Nikon Salon (in Ginza, Tokyo) opened in January 1968 (with an exhibition of work by Ihei Kimura) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nippon Kōgaku (later ren ...
(Tokyo), 1989.
*. 1991.
[''Shashinka wa nani o hyōgen shitaka,'' p.102. This does not specify the place.]
*"Kota Jakaruta" () / "Southern Breeze". 1990s.
[As listed by Nakamura, who does not specify the place or even the exact year.]
* / "From the Border." Ginza
Nikon Salon
is the name given to exhibition spaces and activities run by Nikon in Japan.
The Ginza Nikon Salon (in Ginza, Tokyo) opened in January 1968 (with an exhibition of work by Ihei Kimura) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nippon Kōgaku (later ren ...
(Tokyo), 1992. (Twice, the second time in celebration of winning the
Ina Nobuo Award
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.)
[''Ina Nobuo Award '76–'95,'' p.154.]
*"Nagare no uta yori" () / "Soul and Soul". 1990s.
*. Ginza
Nikon Salon
is the name given to exhibition spaces and activities run by Nikon in Japan.
The Ginza Nikon Salon (in Ginza, Tokyo) opened in January 1968 (with an exhibition of work by Ihei Kimura) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nippon Kōgaku (later ren ...
(Tokyo), 1995.
[''Ina Nobuo Award '76–'95,'' p.155.]
*"Handoreddo suteppu 1967–95" (). Ginza
Nikon Salon
is the name given to exhibition spaces and activities run by Nikon in Japan.
The Ginza Nikon Salon (in Ginza, Tokyo) opened in January 1968 (with an exhibition of work by Ihei Kimura) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nippon Kōgaku (later ren ...
(Tokyo), 1995.
*"Dyurasu no ryōdo" (). 1996–98.
*"Kiyoshi Suzuki: Soul and Soul, 1969–1999".
Noorderlicht
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Photogallery (
Groningen
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), March–May 2008.
Books by Suzuki
*''Nagare no uta: Suzuki Kiyoshi shashinshū'' () / ''Soul and Soul.''
okohama iyoshi Suzuki 1972. Captions (including place and year) in Japanese only.
**Facsimile edition. Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 2010. . Additional endpapers and dust cover, and a 12-page pamphlet with a commentary by
Kōtarō Iizawa
"Kōtarō" is the form used in ''The History of Japanese Photography'' (2003). Iizawa often has his name romanized as "Kohtaro"; "Kotaro" also appears. is a Japanese photography critic, historian of photography, and magazine editor. Born in Senda ...
and a chronology in both Japanese and English.
*''Burāman no hikari: Suzuki Kiyoshi shashinshū'' (). Yokohama: Sansara, 1976. Photographs of India. Captions (placenames) in Roman script only, a short essay in both Japanese and English.
*''Tenmaku no machi'' () / ''Mind Games.'' Yokohama: ,
[In fact self-published.] 1982.
*''Yume no hashiri 1982–1987'' () / ''Street Shuffle.'' Yokohama: Ocean Books,
1988.
*''Nikutai no jidai: Taikenteki '60 nendai bunkaron'' (). Tokyo: Gendai Shokan, 1989. Text by Kōshi Ueno (, ''Ueno Kōshi''); photographs by Suzuki.
*''Gusha no fune: Tōkyō Shōwa 61–63: Suzuki Kiyoshi shashinshū'' () / ''The Ship of Fools.'' Tokyo: IBC, 1991. .
*''Tenchi gijō'' () / ''Kiyoshi Suzuki Photographs 1990–92.'' Yokohama: Taman Saribukkusu,
1992.
*''Shūra no tani'' / ''Finish Dying.'' Yokohama: Deku Bukkusu, 1994.
*''Dyurasu no ryōdo: Marugeritto Dyurasu no Ajia'' () / ''Durasia.'' Yokohama: G. Sāguru,
1998.
*''Soul and Soul 1969–1999.'' Groningen: Aurora Borealis, 2008. . A reprint of Suzuki's extensively marked up dummy of the 1972 book.
Notes
References
*Nakamura Hiromi (. "Suzuki Kiyoshi." ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers.'' Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . P.185.
*''Shashinka wa nani o hyōgen shita ka: 1960–1980'' (, What were photographers expressing? 1960–1980). Tokyo: Konica Plaza, 1992.
External links
Suzuki's site prepared by his widow.
*''Ina Nobuo Shō 20 nen: Nikon Saron ni miru gendai shashin no keifu'' () / ''Ina Nobuo Award '76–'95.'' Nikon Salon Books 23. Tokyo: Nikkor Club, 1996.
*Prüst, Marc.
. Lensculture.com. Book review with sample photographs.
. Noorderlicht Photogallery.
*Suzuki, Yōko.
. Edagawakoichi.com. A note by Suzuki's widow.
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Japanese photographers
1943 births
2000 deaths