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is a Japanese photographer of the Kii Peninsula, Osaka, and other subjects.
for the Nara International Film Festival, 2010. Accessed 2010-08-24. (A
English-language version
is hard to understand.) He graduated in fine arts from Kyushu Sangyo University in 1970, and started teaching at Tōkyō Shashin Senmon Gakkō (now Visual Arts College Tokyo).Biography, ''Osaka,'' p.186. Two years later he started work as a teacher of photography at Ōsaka Shashin Senmon Gakkō; in 1998 he was made head of the school, by that time renamed Visual Arts College Osaka. Dodo was present when the film director Naomi Kawase, who had first been a student of his and was later teaching at Visual Arts Senmon Gakkō, had her first baby on 24 April 2004, in Nara. This was filmed as ''Tarachime'' () and Dodo photographed the event; the photographs were exhibited in Nara, Tokyo, and Locarno, and published as ''Haha'' (). Dodo's book of large-format black-and-white photographs ''A Radiant Land: Kii Peninsula'' won the PSJ's Annual Award for 1995; his later collection of large-format colour photographs of the peninsula, ''A Radiant Land with Thousands of Years,'' was exhibited in
for 1999. Nikon. Accessed 2010-08-24. Dodo has said that his major influences were
*1978 "Ōsaka, Tennōji". Nikon Salon (Ginza, Osaka).Shunji Dodo / Naomi Kawase:
". Gallery Out of Place. Accessed 2010-08-24. *1985 "Shinsekai: Mukashi mo ima mo". Nikon Salon (Ginza, Osaka). *1992 "Shujō yūraku, Bankoku". Nikon Salon (Ginza, Osaka). *1995–96 "Rakudo Kii hantō". Konica Plaza (Shinjuku, Osaka, Sapporo). *1999 "Sennen rakudo". Nikon Salon (Ginza, Osaka). *2000 "Sennen rakudo Kii hantō".
Diary entries
by Kawase, 27 and 30 April 2009. Accessed 2010-08-25.
* ''Chihei'' () / ''Horizon.'' Issues 1–10. 1971–77.Hard to find in library catalogues, but listed in for example the biography in ''Osaka,'' p.186.
* ''Shinsekai: Mukashi mo ima mo'' (). Osaka: Chōseisha, 1986. Black-and-white photographs of Shinsekai, Osaka.
* ''Horizon'', 1993. A joint work.
* ''Shashin "Ningen no machi" 93/94'' () / '' Faces of Humanity 93/94.'' Edited by Shunji Dodo, George Hashiguchi, and Naomi Yanagimoto. Published by the editors (at their respective addresses), 1994. Much of the text is in English as well as Japanese. On pp. 156–65 Dodo presents his own series, "Kaosu 1969–1970" (), photographs of people from US military bases and of protests against these.
* ''Rakudo: Kii hantō'' () / ''A Radiant Land: Kii Peninsula.'' Osaka: Brain Center, 1995. . Large-format black-and-white photographs of the Kii Peninsula.
* ''Sennen rakudo'' () / ''A Radiant Land with Thousands of Years.'' Osaka: Brain Center, 2000. . Large-format colour photographs of the Kii Peninsula.
* ''Sharasōju'' () / ''Shara.'' Nara: Sento/Kumie, 2003. With Naomi Kawase; black-and-white photographs of the making of, and production notes for, Kawase's film '' Shara.''
* ''Haha'' (). Nara: Gallery Out of Place, 2006.
* ''Saien + sakura'' () / ''A Vegetable Garden, Sakura.'' Osaka: Vacuum Press, 2009. . Black-and-white photographs of the products of Dodo's vegetable garden, and of cherry blossoms.
* ''Ōsaka'' ( / ''Osaka.'' Kyoto: Seigensha, 2010. . Large-format black-and-white photographs of Osaka.
* ''Haruka na chihei'' ( / ''Horizon far and away 1968–1977.'' Tokyo: Akaakasha, 2012. . Numerous series of Dodo's older photographs.
* ''Nihonkai'' ( / ''Japan Sea.'' Tokyo: Akaakasha, 2014. . Photographs of the Sea of Japan coastal area.
* ''Sorahoderi no machi'' ( / ''A City Aglow.'' Tokyo: Case, 2019. .
First
of a series of five photographs from ''Haha.''
Publisher's page
for ''Osaka,'' with sample photographs.
for ''Saien + sakura,'' with (tiny) sample photographs.
Transcript
of a short
Life and career
Dodo was born in Osaka in 1947.Potted biographyfor the Nara International Film Festival, 2010. Accessed 2010-08-24. (A
English-language version
is hard to understand.) He graduated in fine arts from Kyushu Sangyo University in 1970, and started teaching at Tōkyō Shashin Senmon Gakkō (now Visual Arts College Tokyo).Biography, ''Osaka,'' p.186. Two years later he started work as a teacher of photography at Ōsaka Shashin Senmon Gakkō; in 1998 he was made head of the school, by that time renamed Visual Arts College Osaka. Dodo was present when the film director Naomi Kawase, who had first been a student of his and was later teaching at Visual Arts Senmon Gakkō, had her first baby on 24 April 2004, in Nara. This was filmed as ''Tarachime'' () and Dodo photographed the event; the photographs were exhibited in Nara, Tokyo, and Locarno, and published as ''Haha'' (). Dodo's book of large-format black-and-white photographs ''A Radiant Land: Kii Peninsula'' won the PSJ's Annual Award for 1995; his later collection of large-format colour photographs of the peninsula, ''A Radiant Land with Thousands of Years,'' was exhibited in
Nara City Museum of Photography
opened in Nara, Japan, in 1992. Located near Shin-Yakushi-ji and designed by Kishō Kurokawa, the Museum was formerly known as the . The collection includes the complete oeuvre of Irie Taikichi (1905 – 1992), some 80,000 works; a set of 1,0 ...
in 2000. The latter work also won him the 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 ...
in 1999.Ina Nobuo Award pagefor 1999. Nikon. Accessed 2010-08-24. Dodo has said that his major influences were
Shōmei Tōmatsu
was a Japanese photographer. He is known primarily for his images that depict the impact of World War II on Japan and the subsequent occupation of U.S. forces. As one of the leading postwar photographers, Tōmatsu is attributed with influencing th ...
, especially his Ryūkyū series "Pencil of the Sun", and Yutaka Takanashi
is a Japanese photographer who has photographed fashion, urban design, and city life, and is best known for his depiction of Tokyo.
Life and career
Takanashi was born on 6 February 1935 in Shirogane-chō, Ushigome-ku (now Shinjuku), Tokyo."Chron ...
, for the way in which Takanashi's concentration on Tokyo showed Dodo his own possibilities in Osaka.Interview with Dodo, ''Faces of Humanity 93/94,'' pp. 166–69. Among the photographers he admires are Robert Frank
Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019) was a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker, who became an American binational. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled ''The Americans'', earned Frank comparisons to a modern-da ...
and William Klein.
Awards
*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 ...
, 1999.
*Hidano Kazuemon Award ( Higashikawa Awards), 2011.
Exhibitions by Dodo
*1978 "Ōsaka, Tennōji". Nikon Salon (Ginza, Osaka).Shunji Dodo / Naomi Kawase: ". Gallery Out of Place. Accessed 2010-08-24. *1985 "Shinsekai: Mukashi mo ima mo". Nikon Salon (Ginza, Osaka). *1992 "Shujō yūraku, Bankoku". Nikon Salon (Ginza, Osaka). *1995–96 "Rakudo Kii hantō". Konica Plaza (Shinjuku, Osaka, Sapporo). *1999 "Sennen rakudo". Nikon Salon (Ginza, Osaka). *2000 "Sennen rakudo Kii hantō".
Nara City Museum of Photography
opened in Nara, Japan, in 1992. Located near Shin-Yakushi-ji and designed by Kishō Kurokawa, the Museum was formerly known as the . The collection includes the complete oeuvre of Irie Taikichi (1905 – 1992), some 80,000 works; a set of 1,0 ...
.
*2002 ".com New York". Nikon Salon (Shinjuku).
*2004 "Sharasōju". Visual Arts Gallery.
*2006 "Haha". Gallery Out of Place ( Nara).
*2007 "Ha ha". Galerie Focale ( Nyon).
*2007 "Haha + vegetable". Gallery Bauhaus (Tokyo).
*2007 "Ha ha". Focale Galerie ( Locarno).
*2010 "Osaka". Nikon Salon (Ginza and Osaka).
*2010 "Kamagasaki/Shinsekai: Life in the shadow of the economic miracle". Zen Foto Gallery (Shibuya, Tokyo
Shibuya (渋谷 区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern half) and Shibuya Station.
As of April 1, ...
). Photographs of Shinsekai and Kamagasaki (both in Osaka) by Dodo and Seiryū Inoue
was a Japanese photographer.
Born in 1931 in Tosa, Kōchi Prefecture, Inoue became the first apprentice to Takeji Iwamiya in Osaka in 1951. While continuing to work with Iwamiya in 1954, he started work as temporary cameraman for Asahi Broadca ...
.
*2010 "Osaka". Tokio Out of Place (Minami Azabu, Tokyo).
Film, video
*Coproducer, ''The Mourning Forest
is an 2007 Japanese film directed by Naomi Kawase. It won the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It tells the story of a nurse (played by Machiko Ono) who is grieving for her dead child. She works at a nursing home and grows close to ...
'' (2007).
*Actor, ''Tsunagari-yuku mono'' () / ''Things Passed Down'' (dir. Naomi Kawase, 2009). Dodo plays the gruff photographer father in this long commercial for Nikon.by Kawase, 27 and 30 April 2009. Accessed 2010-08-25.
Publications by Dodo
* ''Chihei'' () / ''Horizon.'' Issues 1–10. 1971–77.Hard to find in library catalogues, but listed in for example the biography in ''Osaka,'' p.186.
* ''Shinsekai: Mukashi mo ima mo'' (). Osaka: Chōseisha, 1986. Black-and-white photographs of Shinsekai, Osaka.
* ''Horizon'', 1993. A joint work.
* ''Shashin "Ningen no machi" 93/94'' () / '' Faces of Humanity 93/94.'' Edited by Shunji Dodo, George Hashiguchi, and Naomi Yanagimoto. Published by the editors (at their respective addresses), 1994. Much of the text is in English as well as Japanese. On pp. 156–65 Dodo presents his own series, "Kaosu 1969–1970" (), photographs of people from US military bases and of protests against these.
* ''Rakudo: Kii hantō'' () / ''A Radiant Land: Kii Peninsula.'' Osaka: Brain Center, 1995. . Large-format black-and-white photographs of the Kii Peninsula.
* ''Sennen rakudo'' () / ''A Radiant Land with Thousands of Years.'' Osaka: Brain Center, 2000. . Large-format colour photographs of the Kii Peninsula.
* ''Sharasōju'' () / ''Shara.'' Nara: Sento/Kumie, 2003. With Naomi Kawase; black-and-white photographs of the making of, and production notes for, Kawase's film '' Shara.''
* ''Haha'' (). Nara: Gallery Out of Place, 2006.
* ''Saien + sakura'' () / ''A Vegetable Garden, Sakura.'' Osaka: Vacuum Press, 2009. . Black-and-white photographs of the products of Dodo's vegetable garden, and of cherry blossoms.
* ''Ōsaka'' ( / ''Osaka.'' Kyoto: Seigensha, 2010. . Large-format black-and-white photographs of Osaka.
* ''Haruka na chihei'' ( / ''Horizon far and away 1968–1977.'' Tokyo: Akaakasha, 2012. . Numerous series of Dodo's older photographs.
* ''Nihonkai'' ( / ''Japan Sea.'' Tokyo: Akaakasha, 2014. . Photographs of the Sea of Japan coastal area.
* ''Sorahoderi no machi'' ( / ''A City Aglow.'' Tokyo: Case, 2019. .
Notes
External links
First
of a series of five photographs from ''Haha.''
Publisher's page
for ''Osaka,'' with sample photographs.
for ''Saien + sakura,'' with (tiny) sample photographs.
Transcript
of a short
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program about Dodo, broadcast on 21 May 2010.
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1947 births