Hiroshi Yamazaki
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1946}} is a Japanese
photographer whose works concentrate on the sun and the sea.
Born in Nagano
, he studied at Nihon University
but dropped out in 1968, starting out as a freelance cameraman a year
later, working in both still photography and 16mm film.
Yamazaki is best known for two series. "Heliography" uses long exposures to show the path of the sun near the horizon. "Horizon" (Suiheisen saishū) is a study of sea horizons.
Yamazaki won the 26th Ina Nobuo Award
in 2001.
Yamazaki has taught at Tohoku University of Art and Design
and Musashino Art University
.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
photographer whose works concentrate on the sun and the sea.
Born in Nagano
Nagano Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Nagano.- History :Nagano was formerly known as the province of Shinano...
, he studied at Nihon University
Nihon University
Nihon University is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School in October 1889....
but dropped out in 1968, starting out as a freelance cameraman a year
later, working in both still photography and 16mm film.
Yamazaki is best known for two series. "Heliography" uses long exposures to show the path of the sun near the horizon. "Horizon" (Suiheisen saishū) is a study of sea horizons.
Yamazaki won the 26th Ina Nobuo Award
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 Nobuo Ina, a photography critic who headed the Nikon Salon from 1968 until his death in 1978.The award is given to...
in 2001.
Yamazaki has taught at Tohoku University of Art and Design
Tohoku University of Art and Design
is a private university in Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan, established in 1991.-External links:*...
and Musashino Art University
Musashino Art University
is a university in Kodaira, western Tokyo founded in 1962 and has roots going back to 1929.Teikoku Art School was founded in 1929; in 1948 it became Musashino Art School , and in 1962 it became Musashino Art University...
.
Books by Yamazaki
- Heliography. Tokyo: SeikyūshaSeikyūshais a publisher based in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Philosophy, ideology, religion, mysticism, sexuality, and subculture are the main themes covered by the books it publishes. There is also a large number of publications related to Takarazuka Revue...
1983. Text in both Japanese and English. - Suiheisen saishū: Yamazaki Hiroshi shashinshū / Horizon. Tokyo: Rikuyōsha, 1984. ISBN 4-89737-094-9
- Hiroshi Yamazaki: Critical landscape. Tokyo: Hillside Gallery, 1990.
Other books with work by Yamazaki
- Shashin toshi Tōkyō / Tokyo / City of Photos. Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 1995. Catalogue of an exhibition held in 1995. (Other photographers whose work appears are Takanobu HayashiTakanobu Hayashiis a Japanese photographer.Hayashi was born in Dalian, China, in 1946, but his family then quickly moved to Japan, first to Beppu and then to Kyoto. He worked in a darkroom for a year after graduating from high school, and in 1965 moved to Tokyo, where he studied at the Tokyo College of Photography...
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, and Tokuko Ushioda.) Captions and texts in both Japanese and English. - Stack, Trudy Wilner, ed. Sea change: The seascape in contemporary photography. Tucson, Ariz.: Center for Creative Photography, 1999. ISBN 0-938262-32-7
Source, external links
Nihon shashinka jiten . Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8- The Heliography series, an explanation by Yamazaki
- Goldberg, Vicki. "Threatened but unruffled, a persistent beauty in sea, sky and sand." New York Times 25 June 1999. A review of "Sea Change: The Seascape in Contemporary Photography" International Center of PhotographyInternational Center of PhotographyThe International Center of Photography is a photography museum, school, and research center in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States...
. - Hiroshi Yamazaki within "Sea Change" Yamazaki's CV at Musashino Art University Yamazaki's CV at TPO Photo School