Shōji Yamagishi
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was a Japanese photography critic, curator, and magazine editor.


Biography

Yamagishi entered Mainichi Shinbunsha (publisher of ''
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'') in 1950. He started as a photographer. From 1963 until its July 1978 issue, Yamagishi edited '' Camera Mainichi,'' and was widely admired both for the quality of the photography he was able to present there and for the encouragement he gave to young photographers. During this period advertising was attracting some of the most talented photographers, and Yamagishi was particularly noted for the way in which he persuaded photographers working in advertising to pursue their own photographic interests during their spare time. As an editor (and curator), Yamagishi had the knack of evaluating and selecting photographs much faster than his peers. ''Camera Mainichi'' was under much pressure from its publisher to make money, or at least not to lose money; the degree of pressure irked Yamagishi and was what caused him to resign. Yamagishi worked with his friend John Szarkowski to mount two exhibitions of Japanese photography in
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. "New Japanese Photography" (
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, 1974) presented works by Ryōji Akiyama,
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. Yamagishi suffered from intermittent depression. This was exacerbated by the pressures of making the selections for a Magnum exhibition in Tokyo, prompting his suicide.


Books edited by Yamagishi

* ''New Japanese photography'' (co-edited by John Szarkowski). New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1974. (hard), (paper) * ''Japan, a self-portrait.'' New York: International Center of Photography, 1979. (hard), paper). (This should not be confused with the 2004 publication ''Japan, a self-portrait: Photographs 1945–1964,'' ed. Osamu Hiraki and Keiichi Takeuchi.)


References


Links, sources, further reading

* ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' (, ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers''). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . * GJ Photobooks
Notes
on Shōji Yamagishi and ''Camera Mainichi'' among others.
Short entry
at PhotoGuide Japan * Nishii Kazuo (). ''Shashin-henshūsha: Yamagishi Shōji e no omāju'' (, Photo editor: A homage to Shōji Yamagishi). Tokyo: Mado-sha, 2002. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamagishi, Shoji 1930 births 1979 suicides 1979 deaths Japanese curators Photography critics Photography curators Photography in Japan Suicides by hanging in Japan Japanese magazine editors