was a Japanese photographer famous for landscape photographs and movies.
He published 46 photography books in Japan, and founded the Tankei Photo Agency Co. The Shinzo Maeda Photo Art Gallery in
Biei,
Hokkaidō
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
The la ...
, opened in 1987, and exhibits a number of his Hokkaidō photographs.
One of his movies, ''Tower on the Hill'' of Japan's Biei region, is often shown in
HDTV
High-definition television (HD or HDTV) describes a television system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies. The term has been used since 1936; in more recent times, it refers to the g ...
format.
External links
Chronological list of publications by Maeda, and a few pictures
Japanese photographers
1922 births
1998 deaths
Landscape photographers
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