is a Japanese street photographer focusing in human photography based in Tokyo.

Life and career

Michio Yamauchi was born in a mountain village in Nishimikawa, Aichi (currently part of

Toyota City , formerly known as Koromo, is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 426,162 and a population density of 464 people per km2. The total area was . It is located about 35 minutes from Nagoya by way of the Meite ...

) on October 23, 1950. He studied in the literature department at

Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ...

, and after graduating, at 29 years old, entered night school at the Tokyo School of Photography (now Tokyo Visual Arts school (). In 1982, the same year he graduated from the Tokyo School of Photography, Yamauchi took part in an independent gallery known as Image Shop CAMP (). During this time, Yamauchi studied under

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(). Afterwards, Yamauchi spent over 10 years as a freelance photographer, mainly participating in independent galleries where he would display photos he took around

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

. Yamauchi eventually focused on publishing books of his photography after publishing "To People" (, ) and "City"　(, ). From this point on, Yamauchi, whilst continuing photography in Tokyo, began heading overseas as well.

Awards

In 1997, Yamauchi won the 22nd

Ina Nobuo Award The is given annually by the Nikon Salon, an organization of exhibition spaces in Japan that is sponsored by Nikon Corporation. The award was started in 1976; it is named in honor of , a photography critic who headed the Nikon Salon from 1968 unt ...

for his exhibition "British Territory Hong Kong" (, ) at the 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 ...

in Tokyo, Japan. Then, in 2011, he received the 20th Hayashi Tadahiko Award for his exhibition and photo album titled "Keelung" (, ). This award (林忠彦賞) is given annually by Shunan city and the Shunan City Museum of Art and History, started in 1992, in honor of the photographer

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Collections

Yamauchi's collections can still currently be seen at 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 ...

, the Shunan City Museum of Art and History, the Nikon Salon and other places throughout Japan.

Solo exhibitions

* 1982 - "Noraneko - ''Stray Cats''" (, ), Image Shop CAMP, Shinjuku, Tokyo :::"Children" (, ), Image Shop CAMP, Shinjuku, Tokyo * 1983 - "Tokyo vol. 1 - vol. 10" (), February 1983 - February 1984, Image Shop CAMP, Shinjuku, Tokyo * 1984 - "Tokyo, That One" (, ), Minolta Photo Space (Currently, Konica Minolta Plaza), Shinjuku, Tokyo * 1985 - "Tokyo, Showa Year 60, August" (, ), Minolta Photo Space, Shinjuku, Tokyo * 1986 - "Tokyo, February '83 to February '86" (, ), Olympus Gallery, Kandaogawa Town, Tokyo * 1992 - "To People" (, ), Minolta Photo Space * 1994 - "

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

Summer" (, ), Ginza

, Ginza, Tokyo * 1997 - "British Territory

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

" (, ), Ginza Nikon Salon, Ginza, Tokyo * 1999 - "

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", Ginza Nikon Salon, Ginza, Tokyo * 2002 - "Tokyo,東京", Ginza Nikon Salon, Ginza, Tokyo * 2004 - "

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" (India), Konika Minolta Plaza, Shinjuku, Tokyo * 2005 - "Holiday" (Waikiki), independent gallery, Galleria Q (currently, 3rd District Gallery), Shinjuku, Tokyo * 2008 - "Tokyo", Sokyusha (independent gallery and bookshop), Shinjuku, Tokyo * 2010 - "Tokyo", December 2009 (), ''tōkyō 2009.12''), 3rd District Gallery (independent gallery), Shinjuku, Tokyo :::"

Keelung Keelung () or Jilong () (; Hokkien POJ: '), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. The city is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with its neighbors, New Taipe ...

" (, ), Sokyusha, Shinjuku, Tokyo * 2012 - "To People II" (, , ''hito e ni''), Sekka Borderless Space, Nezu, Tokyo

Books

* Citｙ (, ''machi''), Sokyusha, 1992 * To People (, ''hito e''), independently published, 1992 * Shanghai (, ''shanhai''), independently published, 1995 *, Sokyusha, 1997 * Noraneko - Stray Cats (, ''noraneko''),

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, ., 1999 * TOKYO,Tokyo (, ''tōkyō, tōkyō''), Wise Publishing, ., 2003 * , Sokyusha, ., 2003 * Holiday "Waikiki", YK Publishing, 2005 * , Rathole Gallery, 2008 * Tokyo 2005-2007 (, ''tōkyō 2005-2007''), Sokyusha, 2008 * Keelung (, ''kiirun''), Grafica, , 2010 * Tokyo 2009-2010 (, ''tōkyō　2009-2010''), Sokyusha, 2012 * To People II (, ''hito e ni''), Sokyusha, 2012 * DHAKA Tokyo-kirara sha Co., ltd 2015

Other publications/mentions

* 1984 - ''Tokyo'' announced, ''

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'' (a magazine published by

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),September 1984,pp. 151–174. * 1985 - ''Street'' continuous publication, ''Camera Mainichi'', January to April 1985 . :::''Snapshots'' published, ''Shashin Seikatsu''(a monthly magazine published by Tatsumi Publishing) * 1986 - Photos displayed, ''Tokyo Human Encyclopedia'' (Tokyo Paris friendship cities memorial photo exhibition　東京人間図鑑), Paris :::''Record Tokyo'' (記録東京, ''kiroku tōkyō''),''FACE'' and ''NEW FACE'' in ''Shashin Jidai''(a monthly magazine published by Byakuya Shobo) * 1987 - Photos displayed, ''New Photographic Possibilities'',

Setagaya Art Museum The is an art museum in Yōga, Setagaya, Tokyo. The museum, which opened March 30, 1986, houses a permanent gallery and mounts seasonal exhibitions. Structure The main building of the museum, a contemporary design by architect Shōzō Uchii, i ...

* 1990 - Photos displayed, ''Japanese'' (日本人) projected by

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　, Moscow, Thailand, etc. * 1993 - Photos displayed, ''Breda Photographica'' (''

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'', October 1993, p. 120), Holland * 1997 - Critique, ''Photographic Memory'' (写真的記憶) by Kazuo Nishii, pp. 179–180, pp. 305–307. Seikyusha, . * 1998 - Photos displayed, ''20th Century Car Culture'',

Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts The is a gallery of photography in the Kiyosato region of the city of Hokuto, Yamanashi (Japan). The gallery was founded in 1995; Eikoh Hosoe has been its director since its opening. The gallery, which also refers to itself as "K*MoPA", "emb ...

, Yamanashi, Japan * 2007 - Photos displayed, ''The New Collections: Vol. 1'',

, Ebisu, Tokyo :::Photos displayed, ''Portraits of Showa: 1945-1989 '',

, Ebisu, Tokyo. Guidebook is ''Shouwa no fukei'' (昭和の風景), pp. 180–181. :::Interview, ''

'', November 2007, P. 235 * 2008 - Photos published, ''Now, Snapshot Photography is Interesting'' in ''Capa'' (a monthly magazine published by

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), October 2008, pp. 126–129. * 2010 - Photos displayed, ''20th Century Portraits: All photographs are Portraits'', Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography * 2011 - Photos displayed, ''Scenes of Children: Part III Original Scenes Collection'', Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. Guidebook is ''Kodomo no joukei'', (こどもの情景 ), p. 137. :::Photos published, ''30 Years of Snapshot Photography'' in ''Capa'', October 2011, pp. 78-79. :::Photos displayed, ''20th Tadahiko Hayashi Award Recipient Memorial Photography Exhibition'', Shunan City Museum of Art and History, Yamaguchi, Japan * 2012 - Photos displayed, ''Tadahiko Hayashi Award 20th Anniversary Exhibition'', Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa, Japan :::Photos published, ''To People II'' in ''

Nippon Camera is a Japanese photography magazine, published between 1950 and 2021. ''Nippon Camera'' started in March 1950 as a bimonthly magazine, published by Kōgeisha (Tokyo) as the successor to the book series ''Amachua Shashin Sōsho'' (1948–49). I ...

'', November 2012, pp. 90-96.

References

External links

Michio Yamauchi official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yamauchi, Michio Japanese photographers Street photographers 1950 births Living people People from Toyota, Aichi