is a prominent Japan

Japan

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ese wildlife photographer and filmmaker.

Biography

He is the son of Tokumitsu Iwagō

Tokumitsu Iwago

is a renowned Japanese photographer. Mitsuaki Iwagō is his son.-References:...

, himself a noted wildlife photographer. After graduating from Hosei University

Hosei University

is a private university based in Tokyo, Japan.The university originated in a school of law, Tōkyō Hōgakusha , established in 1880, and the following year renamed Tōkyō Hōgakkō . This was from 1883 headed by Dr. Gustave Emile Boissonade, and was heavily influenced by the French legal tradition...

, Iwago went as his father's assistant to the Galápagos Islands

Galápagos Islands

The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part.The Galápagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a...

, where he decided to become a photographer. His work Letters from the Sea won the Kimura Ihei Award

Kimura Ihei Award

The is a Japanese photographic award that attracts the attention of the mass media and book-buyers.The award has been given every year since 1975 by the Asahi Shimbun Company, publisher of Asahi Shimbun and the magazine Asahi Camera, in honor of the photographer Ihei Kimura...

 in 1979. He is also the first Japanese photographer whose work has twice appeared on the cover of National Geographic (May 1986 and December 1994). He is now a spokesman for Olympus Corporation

Olympus Corporation

is a Japan-based manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscope and thermometer businesses. Its global headquarters are in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, while its USA operations are based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania,...

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Publications

• Serengeti: Natural Order on the African Plain. Chronicle Books, 1987. ISBN 0877014418.
• In the Lion's Den. Chronicle Books, 1996. ISBN 0811812030.
• Priceless: The Vanishing Beauty of a Fragile Planet, coauthored with Bradley Trevor Greive
  Bradley Trevor Greive
  Bradley Trevor Greive is one of Australia's most prolific and successful authors. He has written 20 books which have been translated into 27 different languages, and have been sold in 115 different countries. Several of which have appeared in the New York Times bestseller list. Greive's work has...
  
  , Andrews McMeel, 2003. ISBN 0740726951.
• Tabi yukeba neko . Nihon Shuppansha, 2005. ISBN 4890488944.

External links

• Profile - by Olympus
  Olympus Corporation
  is a Japan-based manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscope and thermometer businesses. Its global headquarters are in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, while its USA operations are based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania,...
  
  
• Global Warming Witness - Mitsuaki Iwago Special - by Olympus
  Olympus Corporation
  is a Japan-based manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscope and thermometer businesses. Its global headquarters are in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, while its USA operations are based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania,...
  
  
• Mitsuaki Iwago Photo Gallery - by AnimalsandEarth