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in 1954, Iizawa studied photography in

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, graduating in 1977. He obtained his doctorate at

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. Iizawa founded '' Déjà-vu'' in 1990 and was its editor in chief until 1994. He coedited the 41-volume series

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with Shigeichi Nagano and

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Books by Iizawa

*''"Geijutsu shashin" to sono jidai'' (). Tokyo: Chikuma Shobō, 1986. . *''Nūdo shashin no mikata'' (). Tokyo: Shinchōsha, 1987. . *''Shashin ni kaere'' (). Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1988. . *''Toshi no shisen'' (). Osaka: Sōgensha, 1989. . **''Toshi no shisen: Nihon no shashin 1920–30 nendai'' (). Tokyo: Heibonsha, 2005. . Expanded edition. *''Shashin no chikara'' (). Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 1989. . *''Shashin no mori no pikunikku'' (). Tokyo:, 1991. . *''Shashin to fetishizumu'' () / ''La photographie et le fetichisme.'' Tokyo: Treville, 1992. . *''Nihon-shashinshi o aruku'' (). Tokyo: Shinchōsha, 1992. . *''Sengo shashinshi nōto'' (). Tokyo: Chūōkōronsha, 1993. . *''Shashin no genzai: Kuronikuru 1983–1992'' (, The photograph today: Chronicle 1983–1992). Tokyo: Miraisha, 1993. . *''Araki!'' (). Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 1994. . About

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. *''Tōkyō shashin'' (). Tokyo: Inax, 1995. . *''Shashin bijutsukan e yōkoso'' (). Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1996. . *''Fotogurafāzu'' (). Tokyo: Sakuhinsha, 1996. . *''Shattā ando ravu'' () / ''Shutter and Love: Girls are dancin' on in Tokyo.'' Tokyo: Infasu, 1996. . *''Shashin to gurotesuku'' () / ''La photographie et le grotesque.'' Tokyo: Treville, 1996. . *''Shashinshū no tanoshimi'' (). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1998. . *''Dōjidai shashin: クロニクル1993–1997'' (, Contemporary photographs: A chronicle, 1993–1997). Tokyo: Miraisha, 1999. . *''Wareta kagami-tachi no kuni de: Nihon no seikimatsu shashin'' () / ''In the Country of Broken Mirrors: Japanese Contemporary Photographers.'' Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1999. . *(joint author) ''Nihon shashin-shi gaisetsu'' (, An outline history of photography in Japan). Tokyo: Iwanami, 1999. . *''Shi-shashinron'' (). Tokyo: Chikuma Shobō, 2000. . *''Shashin no kuni no Arisu'' (). Tokyo: Fukuinkan Shoten, 2001. *''Afurika okurimono'' (). Tokyo: Fukuinkan Shoten, 2001. . *''Aruku kinoko'' (). Tokyo: Suiseisha, 2001. . *''Shōjo ko-shashinkan'' (). Tokyo: Chikuma Shobō, 2001. . *''"Shashin jidai" no jidai!'' (). Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 2002. . *''Boku no kage o sagashite'' (). Tokyo: Fukuinkan Shoten, 2003. *''Shashin to kotoba: Shashinka nijūgonin'' (). Tokyo: Shūeisha, 2003. . *''Shashin hyōronka'' (). Tokyo: Madosha, 2003. . *(joint author) ''The History of Japanese Photography,'' ed. Ann Wilkes Tucker, et al. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. . *''Dejigurafi: Dejitaru wa shashin o korosu ka?'' (). Tokyo: Chūōkōronsha, 2004. . *''Me kara me e: Shashinten o aruku 2001-2003'' (). Tokyo: Misuzu Shobō, 2004. . *''Shashin ni tsuite hanasō'' (). Tokyo: Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, 2004. . *''Sekai shashinshi'' () / ''The Concise History of World Photograph.'' Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 2004. . *''Japanīzu fotogurafāzu: 14-nin no shashinka-tachi no "ima"'' (). Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 2005. . *''Abunai shashinshū 246'' (). Tokyo: Studio Parabolica, 2005. . *''Araki-bon! 1970–2005'' (, Araki books! 1970–2005). Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 2006. . A descriptive bibliography of the books of

. *''Fotogurafā ni naru no wa'' (). Tokyo: Naruniwa Books, 2007. . *''Sekai no kinoko kitte'' () / ''Around the World with a Mushroom Stamp.'' Tokyo: Puchigurapa Publishing, 2007. . *''Shashin o tanoshimu'' (). Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2007. . *(edited) ''Nihon no shashinka 101'' (, 101 Japanese photographers). Tokyo: Shinshokan, 2008. .

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Shashin hyōronka Iizawa Kōtarō: Shashin to kotoba
(, Kohtaro Iizawa, photo critic: Photography and language). ''Bunka kaigi.'' A wide-ranging interview with Iizawa. {{DEFAULTSORT:Iizawa, Kotaro 1954 births Living people Japanese writers Photography critics Photography in Japan People from Sendai Japanese magazine editors Nihon University alumni University of Tsukuba alumni Historians of photography