Photographic Society of Japan
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Since its inception, the Photographic Society of Japan
has annually presented a large number of awards.
Photographic Society of Japan
Since its inception, the Photographic Society of Japan has annually presented a large number of awards.-1952–1956:-1957–1984:-1985–1993:-1994–2003:-2004–2008:-2009–2010:...
has annually presented a large number of awards.
1952–1956
| Year | Winners |
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| 1952 | Kiyoshi Esaki, Yasuji Kamata, Reisen Narusawa, , |
| 1953 | [none] |
| 1954 | Haruki Egashira, Hideo Kaneda, Shigene Kanemaru, Ihei Kimura Ihei Kimura Born on 12 December 1901 in Shitaya-ku , Tokyo, Kimura started taking photographs when very young but his interest intensified when he was around 20 and living in Tainan, Taiwan, where he was working for a sugar wholesaler. He opened a photographic studio in Nippori, Tokyo in 1924... , Tetsuo Kitahara, Norizō Miki, Kokki Miyake, Yōnosuke Natori Yonosuke Natori Born in Tokyo on 3 September 1910, Natori studied at Keio normal school but upon graduation went with his mother to Munich, where he studied at a school of arts and crafts. He became interested in photography and in 1931 obtained a Leica, later that year getting a contract to work as a photographer... , Kiyoshi Nishiyama Kiyoshi Nishiyama was a versatile Japanese amateur photographer who specialized in landscapes.Born in Tokyo in 1893 as Kiyonosuke Nishiyama , Nishiyama became interested in photography at 15... , Yasuzō Nojima Yasuzo Nojima was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Terutarō Ogata, Kōyō Okada Koyo Okada was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Seisuke Sakuma, Shōzaburō Sugimoto, Shinjirō Takahashi, Katsuo Takakuwa, Usaku Tōjō, Kōji Tsukamoto, Keikichi Yamabe |
| 1955 | Chūzō Aochi, Toragorō Ariga Toragoro Ariga was a Japanese photographer.-References:... , Ken Domon Ken Domon is one of the most renowned Japanese photographers of the twentieth century. He is most celebrated as a photojournalist, though he may have been most prolific as a photographer of Buddhist temples and statuary.... , Katsuji Fukuda Katsuji Fukuda Fukuda was born on 11 January 1899 in Nakanoseki , Yamaguchi . He moved to Tokyo in 1920, and worked at Takachiho Seisakujo , where he worked making thermometers and developed an interest in photography, buying a Vest Pocket Kodak... , Yoshichi Igarashi, Hakudō Konishi, Seiichi Mamiya, Michio Miyata, Hidenobu Sakaki, Shōgyoku Yamahata, Hayao Yoshikawa, Shinnosuke Yūki, , |
| 1956 | [none] |
1957–1984
| Year | Distinguished Contributions | Annual | Newcomer's |
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| 1957 | AJAPS | Kinsuke Shimada Kinsuke Shimada was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8.... , Yoshio Watanabe Yoshio Watanabe is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Takayoshi Yoda |
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| 1958 | Hiromu Hara, Nobuo Ina, Tōkyō Shashin Kenkyūkai | Hiroshi Hamaya Hiroshi Hamaya was a renowned Japanese photographer.-Books of Hamaya's works:*Senkō shashinjutsu . Ars Shashin Bunko. Tokyo: Ars, 1941.*Ura Nihon . Tokyo: Shinchōsha, 1957.*Henkyō no machi . Sekai Shashinka Shirīzu. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1957.... |
Yoshinobu Nakamura, Keisō Tomioka, |
| 1959 | Shin Fujisawa, Ryūsuke Nishimura | Hiroshi Kubota | Kenji Ishiguro Kenji Ishiguro is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Keisuke Kojima |
| 1960 | Gesshū Ogawa Gesshu Ogawa was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
Ken Domon Ken Domon is one of the most renowned Japanese photographers of the twentieth century. He is most celebrated as a photojournalist, though he may have been most prolific as a photographer of Buddhist temples and statuary.... |
[none] |
| 1961 | Edward Steichen Edward Steichen Edward J. Steichen was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator. He was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz' groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its run from 1903 to 1917. Steichen also contributed the logo design and a custom typeface... , |
Tokutarō Tanaka Tokutaro Tanaka was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
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| 1962 | Shinnosuke Fukushima | Jun Miki Jun Miki was a renowned Japanese photographer and one of Japan's pioneers in photojournalism.He was the first Japanese photographer to publish in Life Magazine.The Selection Committee of Nikon Salon established the Miki Jun Award in 1999 to remember his legacy.... |
Tatsuo Kurihara |
| 1963 | Kazuo Hayashi Kazuo Hayashi is a Japanese actor and Japanese voice actor from Tokyo. He is affiliated with Theater Echo, and is skilled in Buyō.-Television animation:*Ippotsu Kanta-kun *Legendary Giant God Ideon *Pocket Monsters... |
Takeji Iwamiya Takeji Iwamiya was a Japanese photographer particularly known for his depiction of architecture, gardens, and Japanese crafts.-Career:Iwamiya was born on 4 January 1920 in Yonago, Tottori, the second son of parents running a shop selling traditional confectionery... , Yōichi Midorikawa Yoichi Midorikawa is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
Noriaki Yokosuka Noriaki Yokosuka was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
| 1964 | Niryū Nagata, Bizan Ueda | Photography department of the publishing arm of Asahi Shinbun | Kōjō Tanaka Kojo Tanaka is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , |
| 1965 | Sakae Haruki, Eiichi Sakurai, Tsutomu Watanabe, Tomizō Yoshikawa Kōgaku Kōgyō Gijutsu Kenkyū Kumiai | Shihachi Fujimoto Shihachi Fujimoto was a renowned Japanese photographer.Fujimoto's works are in the permanent collection of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.Iida City Museum runs a photographic contest, Fujimoto Shihachi Shashin Bunka-shō , in his honour.-References:... , Akihiko Okamura Akihiko Okamura was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.... |
Kichisaburō Anzai, Shinzō Hanabusa Shinzo Hanabusa is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
| 1966 | Taikichi Irie Taikichi Irie Taikichi Irie was a Japanese photographer. He concentrated on Yamatoji and Buddhist statues.... , Kōyō Kageyama, Jun Koana, Shisui Tanahashi Shisui Tanahashi was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8.... , |
[none] | Yasuo Ishigame |
| 1967 | Masao Nagaoka, Nihon Hōdō Shashin Renmei | [none] | Masayuki Aramaki, Keizō Kaneko |
| 1968 | Kiyoshi Sonobe Kiyoshi Sonobe was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Ishikawa-ken Shashinshi-kai |
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| 1969 | Shin'ichi Kikuchi | JPS Japan Professional Photographers Society The is a Tokyo-based organization of photographers founded in 1950 that has continued to this day. Its logo reads “JPS”. It was formed from the combination of three earlier organizations, none more than two years old: Seinen Hōdō Shashin Kenkyūkai , Seinen Shashinka Kyōkai , and Shashinka Shūdan... , Kenzō Nakajima |
Hiroki Mori |
| 1970 | Yoshio Watanabe Yoshio Watanabe is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
Kishin Shinoyama Kishin Shinoyama is a Japanese photographer.Shinoyama graduated from Nihon University. He worked with the Light Publicity agency while still a student, and freelanced after graduation.... , Yoshikazu Shirakawa Yoshikazu Shirakawa is a renowned Japanese photographer. He is particularly well known for his book Himalayas, published by Harry N. Abrams in 1971.-Bibliography:*Himalayas, preface by Arnold Toynbee & preface by Sir Edmund Hillary. New York: Harry N. Abrams ISBN 0810901625*The Alps, text translated by Max A. Wyss,... |
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| 1971 | Hachirō Suzuki, Kōgorō Yamada | Tadahiko Hayashi Tadahiko Hayashi was a Japanese photographer noted for a wide range of work including documentary and portraiture.-Youth and early career:... , Shisei Kuwabara Shisei Kuwabara is a photojournalist best known for his depiction of the effects of mercury poisoning on people in and near Minamata over a period of some forty years.... , Banri Namikawa Banri Namikawa was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.... , Kōjō Tanaka Kojo Tanaka is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
Akira Kinoshita Akira Kinoshita is a renowned Japanese photographer.Akira KINOSHITA,Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture, was born in the town Kamisuwan July 16, 1936.Suwa K. Ling after high school, studied at Nihon Fukushi University.... |
| 1972 | , Mikio Tamura | Kon Sasaki Kon Sasaki was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Bukō Shimizu Buko Shimizu was a Japanese photographer who lived in and photographed Chichibu .Shimizu was born on 12 October 1913 in Chichibu, the eldest son of the family running a photography studio in Kumaki, Chichibu... , Hisaji Taga |
Kazuo Kitai Kazuo Kitai is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
| 1973 | Fusao Hori | Bun'yō Ishikawa Bun'yo Ishikawa is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Kōji Morooka Koji Morooka was a Japanese photographer.-References:... , Hajime Sawatari Hajime Sawatari is a renowned Japanese photographer. He is known for his fashion and advertising photography as well as his nudes of girls and women. He earned his degree from Nihon University's College of Art with a major in photography.... |
Yoshirō Koseki, Teruhiko Sakaki |
| 1974 | Keiichirō Gotō Keiichiro Goto was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Yoshihiko Shiga, Yūkichi Watabe |
Shōkō Hashimoto, Kiyoshi Takai | |
| 1975 | Tarō Hiramatsu | Kineo Kuwabara Kineo Kuwabara was a Japanese editor and photographer, known for photographing Tokyo for over half a century.Kuwabara was born in Tokyo in 1913. He started taking photographs around 1931 with a Vest Pocket Kodak, but his interest increased as a result of an invitation by his neighbor Hiroshi Hamaya to go to a... , Takeyoshi Tanuma Takeyoshi Tanuma is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Shōmei Tōmatsu Shomei Tomatsu is a Japanese photographer.Born Teruaki Tōmatsu in Nagoya in 1930, Tōmatsu studied economics at Aichi University, graduating in 1954. While still a student, he had his photographs published by the major Japanese photography magazines. He entered Iwanami and worked on the series Iwanami Shashin Bunko... , Takuya Tsukahara Takuya Tsukahara is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Shōji Ueda Shoji Ueda Ueda was born on 27 March 1913 in Sakai , Tottori. His father was a manufacturer and seller of geta; Shōji was the only child who survived infancy... |
Kunio Yamamura |
| 1976 | Tōyō Miyatake Toyo Miyatake Tōyō Miyatake was a Japanese American photographer, best known for his photographs documenting the Japanese American people and the Japanese American internment at Manzanar during WWII.- Life :... , Kōyō Shibazaki |
JPS Japan Professional Photographers Society The is a Tokyo-based organization of photographers founded in 1950 that has continued to this day. Its logo reads “JPS”. It was formed from the combination of three earlier organizations, none more than two years old: Seinen Hōdō Shashin Kenkyūkai , Seinen Shashinka Kyōkai , and Shashinka Shūdan... , Rekishi-teki Kamera Shinsa Iinkai of Japan Camera and Optical Instruments Inspection and Testing Institute, Takashi Kijima Takashi Kijima Kijima was born in Calexico, California on 24 December 1920, the son of a Mr Watanabe, a shoe manufacturer who had immigrated in 1905, and his wife Sei . The boy's name as a US citizen was Ryu Watanabe... |
Shin'ya Fujiwara Shin'ya Fujiwara is a renowned Japanese photographer.-External links:*... , Issei Suda Issei Suda is a Japanese photographer.Born in Tokyo in 1940, Suda graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography in 1962. From 1967 to 1970 he worked as the cameraman of the theatrical group Tenjo Sajiki, under Shūji Terayama. He has worked as a freelance photographer since 1971. Suda is a professor at Osaka... |
| 1977 | Gorō Miyamoto, Eiko Yamazawa Eiko Yamazawa was a renowned Japanese photographer.She studied nihonga at Private Women's School of Fine Arts. She studied oil painting at California School of Fine Arts where she worked with Consuelo Kanaga. In 1931 she opened a portrait studio in Osaka . In 1950 she established the Yamazawa Institute of... , |
Kenkyū Hattatsu Gurūpu of Fujifilm Fujifilm is a multinational photography and imaging company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.Fujifilm's principal activities are the development, production, sale and servicing of color photographic film, digital cameras, photofinishing equipment, color paper, photofinishing chemicals, medical imaging... , Shirō Shirahata |
Tsuneo Enari Tsuneo Enari is a renowned Japanese photographer.- External links :*... , Bishin Jumonji Bishin Jumonji is a photographer who has done advertising, portrait, architectural, and other work.Jumonji was born in Yokohama on 4 March 1947. After studying at the Tokyo College of Photography he worked as an assistant to Kishin Shinoyama and went freelance in 1971, when he was the cameraman for advertisements... |
| 1978 | Setsuzō Katayama, Kōtarō Tanaka | Hisae Imai Hisae Imai was a renowned Japanese photographer who specialized in the photography of horses.Born in Tokyo in 1931, Imai graduated from Bunka Gakuin in 1952. She had her first solo exhibition in 1952; from the 1970s, most of her numerous solo exhibitions were of photographs of horses.Imai died on 17 February... , Yasuhiro Ishimoto Yasuhiro Ishimoto Ishimoto was born on 14 June 1921 in San Francisco, California, where his parents were farmers. In 1924, the family left the United States and returned to his parents' hometown within present-day Tosa, in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan... , Yoshikazu Minami Yoshikazu Minami is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.... |
Taku Aramasa Taku Aramasa Born in Tokyo on 15 August 1936, Aramasa moved with his family to Manchukuo in 1940. In 1948 he moved to Sakata, Yamagata. He graduated from in 1960, and set up a design company in which he was an art director, but became a freelance in 1970. He worked as a fashion photographer in Paris from 1973... , Shigeo Gochō Shigeo Gocho was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Satoshi Kuribayashi Satoshi Kuribayashi is a renowned Japanese photographer.He received the Lennart Nilsson Award in 2006 for outstanding scientific photography.-References:... |
| 1979 | Tadahiko Hayashi Tadahiko Hayashi was a Japanese photographer noted for a wide range of work including documentary and portraiture.-Youth and early career:... , APA Japan Advertising Photographers' Association The , within Japan commonly called APA, was founded in 1958. It has held exhibitions since 1959 and publishes an annual survey of the most interesting work.... , Hiroshi Kawashima |
Kōji Hashimoto Koji Hashimoto Koji Hashimoto may refer to:* Koji Hashimoto * Koji Yakusho, Japanese actor whose birth name was Koji Hashimoto* Koji Hashimoto... , Kazuyoshi Nomachi Kazuyoshi Nomachi is a renowned Japanese photographer.-External links:*... |
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| 1980 | , Masao Tanaka | Jun Morinaga Jun Morinaga is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.... , Haruo Tomiyama Haruo Tomiyama is a versatile Japanese photographer, active since the 1960s.-Life and work:Born in Kanda on 25 February 1935, Tomiyama dropped out of evening high school in 1956 to study photography for himself.... , |
Sanjirō Minamikawa, Tadashi Shimada Tadashi Shimada is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8.... |
| 1981 | Hatsutarō Horiuchi Hatsutaro Horiuchi was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Masaya Kaifu, |
Hiroji Kubota Hiroji Kubota is a renowned Japanese photographer, a member of Magnum Photos who has specialized in photographing the far east.Born in Kanda on 2 August 1939, Kubota studied politics at Waseda University, graduating in 1962. In 1961 he met the Magnum photographers René Burri, Elliott Erwitt, and Burt Glinn... , Banri Namikawa Banri Namikawa was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.... , Takashi Okamura Takashi Okamura (photographer) , is a Japanese photographer who has specialized in the photography of art.Okamura was born on 13 December 1927 in Kichijōji, Tokyo. He studied architecture at Nihon University from 1948. Okamura was a keen and proficient skiier , and a photographer of skiing... , Yoshikazu Shirakawa Yoshikazu Shirakawa is a renowned Japanese photographer. He is particularly well known for his book Himalayas, published by Harry N. Abrams in 1971.-Bibliography:*Himalayas, preface by Arnold Toynbee & preface by Sir Edmund Hillary. New York: Harry N. Abrams ISBN 0810901625*The Alps, text translated by Max A. Wyss,... |
Keizō Kitajima Keizo Kitajima is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Yasuo Sakuma |
| 1982 | Naratoshi Furukawa, Akira Sasai, Shigeru Tamura Shigeru Tamura (photographer) For a younger photographer of the same name, see Akihide Tamura. was a Japanese photographer notable for his work in fashion and photojournalism.... |
Akio Nakamura, Yoshino Ōishi Yoshino Oishi is a renowned Japanese photojournalist.Ōishi was born in Suginami-ku, Tokyo on 28 May 1944. Seeing Melanesian art while at Nihon University had a big effect on her, as did a visit to Vietnam and Cambodia in 1966. After graduating in photography, she became a freelance photojournalist, working in... |
Manabu Miyazaki Manabu Miyazaki (photographer) Manabu Miyazaki , born in Nagano Prefecture in 1949, is a Japanese wildlife photographer.His work Fukurō / Ural Owl won the Domon Ken Award in 1990. In 1996 two of his books won the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award for a work of photography.-External links:... , Masaaki Nakagawa Masaaki Nakagawa was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.-External links:... , Shigemoto Nobi |
| 1983 | Teikō Shiotani Teiko Shiotani Shiotani was born on 22 October 1899 in Akasaki Tottori. He enjoyed photography from his youth, and in 1919 set up the "Vest Club" Shiotani was born on 22 October 1899 in Akasaki (since 2004 Kotoura) Tottori. He enjoyed photography from his youth, and in 1919 set up the "Vest Club" Shiotani was... , Yukio Tabuchi Yukio Tabuchi was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8.... , |
Daidō Moriyama Daido Moriyama is a Japanese photographer noted for his images depicting the breakdown of traditional values in post-war Japan.- Life and career :Born in Ikeda, Osaka, Daidō Moriyama studied photography under Takeji Iwamiya before moving to Tokyo in 1961 to work as an assistant to Eikoh Hosoe... , Akihisa Masuda, Issei Suda Issei Suda is a Japanese photographer.Born in Tokyo in 1940, Suda graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography in 1962. From 1967 to 1970 he worked as the cameraman of the theatrical group Tenjo Sajiki, under Shūji Terayama. He has worked as a freelance photographer since 1971. Suda is a professor at Osaka... |
Hiromi Nagakura Hiromi Nagakura is a renowned Japanese photographer.In 2005 Nagakura's book Zabitto ikka, ie o tateru won the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award for a work of photography.-References:... , Kiyoshi Suzuki Kiyoshi Suzuki -Solo exhibitions:*"Burāman no hikari" / "India". 1969.*"Tenmaku no machi" / "Mind Games". Ginza Nikon Salon , 1980.. 1983.*"Gyōkan no nagame Gypsy wind Watakushi no 12-satsu" . 1984.. 1985.. 1985.. 1987.*"Nagare no uta" / "Sunday Picture". 1989.... , Hiroshi Yamazaki |
| 1984 | Kōnosuke Ishii Konosuke Ishii was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Kinsuke Shimada Kinsuke Shimada was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8.... |
, Shinzō Maeda Shinzo Maeda was a Japanese photographer famous for landscape photographs and movies.He published 46 photography books in Japan, and founded the Tankei Photo Agency Co... , Teruhiro Sakaki, Yutaka Takanashi Yutaka Takanashi is a Japanese photographer who has photographed fashion, urban design, and city life, and is best known for his depiction of Tokyo.-Life and career:... , Hiromi Tsuchida Hiromi Tsuchida is a renowned Japanese photographer.Tsuchida has produced several collections of photographs of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. He has produced many influential photo books such as Zokushin, counting the sand and new counting the sand and The Berlin Wall... |
Keiichi Tahara Keiichi Tahara is a renowned Japanese photographer.-Life and career:Keiichi Tahara was born in Kyoto. He learnt photography technique at early age by having spent his childhood close to the grandfather, who was a professional photographer.... , Akihide Tamura Akihide Tamura is a Japanese photographer. He was born in Tokyo on 13 March 1947 as Shigeru Tamura . He studied at Tokyo College of Photography, graduating first in 1967 and then from a more advanced course two years later.... |
1985–1993
| Year | International | Distinguished Contributions | Annual | Newcomer's |
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| 1985 | George Eastman House George Eastman House The George Eastman House is the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York, USA. World-renowned for its photograph and motion picture archives, the museum is also a leader in film preservation and... , Furansu Shashin Kyōkai |
Katsuji Fukuda Katsuji Fukuda Fukuda was born on 11 January 1899 in Nakanoseki , Yamaguchi . He moved to Tokyo in 1920, and worked at Takachiho Seisakujo , where he worked making thermometers and developed an interest in photography, buying a Vest Pocket Kodak... , Kametarō Kawasaki, Tetsuo Yano |
, Hideki Fujii Hideki Fujii , died on May 3, 2010 at age 75, is a renowned Japanese photographer.Among his published works are the book Karada Kesho, with make-up artist Teruko Kobayashi.-External links:*... , Tokumitsu Iwagō Tokumitsu Iwago is a renowned Japanese photographer. Mitsuaki Iwagō is his son.-References:... , Shōji Hanasawa, Takeshi Nishikawa |
Hiroshi Ōsaka Hiroshi Osaka was a Japanese animator, character designer and illustrator, born in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture. He was a graduate of the Kyoto Saga University of Arts... , Hitoshi Tsukiji Hitoshi Tsukiji is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8.... |
| 1986 | [none] | Kanbee Hanaya, Sakae Tamura Sakae Tamura (photographer) was a Japanese photographer, prominent in the years before the war.Born in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Tamura graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography and entered Oriental in 1928 and became editor of Photo Times. He was an active contributor to the magazine Geijutsu Shashin Kenkyū and in the... , , |
Sanjirō Minamikawa, Masatoshi Naitō Masatoshi Naito is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Ikkō Narahara Ikko Narahara is a Japanese photographer. Born in Fukuoka, Narahara studied law at Chuo University and, influenced by statues of Buddha at Nara, art history at the graduate school of Waseda University .... , Tadashi Shimada Tadashi Shimada is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8.... |
Toshio Arai, Kōzō Miyoshi Kozo Miyoshi is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Shintarō Suda |
| 1987 | オランダ国立ライデン大学写真絵画博物館 | Japan Camera and Optical Instruments Inspection and Testing Institute, Takeshi Kamei, , | Kōtarō Iizawa Kotaro Iizawa is a Japanese photography critic, historian of photography, and magazine editor.Born in Sendai, Miyagi in 1954, Iizawa studied photography in Nihon University, graduating in 1977. He obtained his doctorate at University of Tsukuba.... , Shunji Ōkura Shunji Okura is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Hidenobu Ueno |
Tetsu Iida Tetsu Iida is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Norio Kobayashi Norio Kobayashi is a Japanese photographer.Kobayashi was born in Ōdate, Akita in 1952. He left Nippon Dental College in 1980, before graduation. He graduated from Tokyo College of Photography in 1983.... , Gen Yamaguchi |
| 1988 | Hiroshi Hamaya Hiroshi Hamaya was a renowned Japanese photographer.-Books of Hamaya's works:*Senkō shashinjutsu . Ars Shashin Bunko. Tokyo: Ars, 1941.*Ura Nihon . Tokyo: Shinchōsha, 1957.*Henkyō no machi . Sekai Shashinka Shirīzu. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1957.... , Tadahiko Kobayashi, Masami Nakai |
Takashi Hamaguchi, Jun Miki Jun Miki was a renowned Japanese photographer and one of Japan's pioneers in photojournalism.He was the first Japanese photographer to publish in Life Magazine.The Selection Committee of Nikon Salon established the Miki Jun Award in 1999 to remember his legacy.... , Kōichi Saitō, Takeyoshi Tanuma Takeyoshi Tanuma is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
Hiroh Kikai Hiroh Kikai is a Japanese photographer best known within Japan for three series of monochrome photographs: scenes of buildings in and close to Tokyo, portraits of people in the Asakusa area of Tokyo, and rural and town life in India... |
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| 1989 | [none] | Ken Domon Museum of Photography, , Kōrō Honjō Koro Honjo was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Tetsuo Kishi, Shōji Ueda Shoji Ueda Ueda was born on 27 March 1913 in Sakai , Tottori. His father was a manufacturer and seller of geta; Shōji was the only child who survived infancy... |
Takeji Iwamiya Takeji Iwamiya was a Japanese photographer particularly known for his depiction of architecture, gardens, and Japanese crafts.-Career:Iwamiya was born on 4 January 1920 in Yonago, Tottori, the second son of parents running a shop selling traditional confectionery... , Yoshino Ōishi Yoshino Oishi is a renowned Japanese photojournalist.Ōishi was born in Suginami-ku, Tokyo on 28 May 1944. Seeing Melanesian art while at Nihon University had a big effect on her, as did a visit to Vietnam and Cambodia in 1966. After graduating in photography, she became a freelance photojournalist, working in... , Kiyoshi Sonobe Kiyoshi Sonobe was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Yūkichi Watabe |
Mitsuo Gotōda, Masato Seto Masato Seto -Biography:Seto was born in Udon Thani, Thailand, to a Japanese father and a Vietnamese Thai mother. He moved to Fukushima Prefecture, Japan in 1961, and studied photography at Tōkyō Shashin Senmon Gakkō , graduating in 1973. After further study under Daidō Moriyama, Seto became an assistant to... , Tsuyoshi Takahashi |
| 1990 | [none] | Shōtarō Akiyama Shotaro Akiyama is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Motoichi Kumagai, Jun Miki Jun Miki was a renowned Japanese photographer and one of Japan's pioneers in photojournalism.He was the first Japanese photographer to publish in Life Magazine.The Selection Committee of Nikon Salon established the Miki Jun Award in 1999 to remember his legacy.... , Takeshi Ozawa |
Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. He is also known by the nickname .-Life and career:Araki was born in Tokyo, studied photography during his college years and then went to work at the advertising agency Dentsu, where he met his future wife, the essayist Yōko Araki... , Hiromi Eguchi, Yasuhiro Ishimoto Yasuhiro Ishimoto Ishimoto was born on 14 June 1921 in San Francisco, California, where his parents were farmers. In 1924, the family left the United States and returned to his parents' hometown within present-day Tosa, in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan... , Kazuyoshi Nomachi Kazuyoshi Nomachi is a renowned Japanese photographer.-External links:*... |
Mitsuyoshi Sekido, Nobuo Shimose, |
| 1991 | David Douglas Duncan David Douglas Duncan David Douglas Duncan is an American photojournalist and among the most influential photographers of the 20th century. He is best known for his dramatic combat photographs.-Childhood and Education:... |
Kiichi Asano, Higashikawa Higashikawa, Hokkaido is a town located in Kamikawa District, Kamikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan.As of 2007, the town has an estimated population of 7,740 and a density of 31.39 persons per km²... (Hokkaidō), Kineo Kuwabara Kineo Kuwabara was a Japanese editor and photographer, known for photographing Tokyo for over half a century.Kuwabara was born in Tokyo in 1913. He started taking photographs around 1931 with a Vest Pocket Kodak, but his interest increased as a result of an invitation by his neighbor Hiroshi Hamaya to go to a... , Fumio Matsuda, |
Takeshi Mizukoshi Takeshi Mizukoshi is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.... , Shigeichi Nagano Shigeichi Nagano Born on 30 March 1925 in Ōita City, Nagano studied economics at Keio University . On graduating, he joined a trading company, but soon resigned. He was recruited by Natori Yōnosuke for Weekly Sun News ; and in 1949 moved to Iwanami Shoten where, again under Natori, he did the photography for about... |
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| 1992 | [none] | Yasuhiro Ishimoto Yasuhiro Ishimoto Ishimoto was born on 14 June 1921 in San Francisco, California, where his parents were farmers. In 1924, the family left the United States and returned to his parents' hometown within present-day Tosa, in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan... , Rikkō Nakamura Rikko Nakamura was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Shōji Ōtake Shoji Otake __notoc__ is a Japanese photographer famous for portraits and nudes.Ōtake was born in Yokosuka , Shizuoka on 15 May 1920, the oldest son of a father who worked in the sake industry and a mother who performed on the koto and flute... , |
, Jōji Hashiguchi Joji Hashiguchi is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Seiji Kurata Seiji Kurata is a Japanese photographer.-Career:Kurata graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1968. He taught in secondary school and worked in oils, printmaking, and experimental movies.... , Satoshi Kuribayashi Satoshi Kuribayashi is a renowned Japanese photographer.He received the Lennart Nilsson Award in 2006 for outstanding scientific photography.-References:... |
Ryōichi Saitō, Toshio Yamane Toshio Yamane Yamane was born on 29 June 1953 in what is now Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. He studied German literature at Sophia University, graduating in 1977 and thereafter working at Asahi Shinbunsha until 1988, when he went freelance.Yamane's color photographs of the waterfront of Tokyo Bay, taken... , Kōji Yoshioka |
| 1993 | [none] | Fusako Kodama Fusako Kodama is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Yasuo Higa, Yutaka Takanashi Yutaka Takanashi is a Japanese photographer who has photographed fashion, urban design, and city life, and is best known for his depiction of Tokyo.-Life and career:... , Chōtoku Tanaka Chotoku Tanaka is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
Yōichi Kamiyama, Naruaki Ōnishi | |
1994–2003
| Year | International | Distinguished Contributions | Cultural Advancement | Annual | Newcomer's | special |
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| 1994 | San'ya Nakamori, Masaya Nakamura Masaya Nakamura (photographer) Nakamura was born in Yokohama on 29 March 1926. After graduating in 1948 from the precursor of Chiba University, he moved through a series of employers photographing actors and doing still photography for films. He went freelance in 1951 and in 1954 joined with Yūji Hayata in setting up Hayata's... , Kakugorō Saeki |
[none] | Eikoh Hosoe Eikoh Hosoe is a Japanese photographer and filmmaker who emerged in the experimental arts movement of post-World War II Japan. He is known for his psychologically charged images, often exploring subjects such as death, erotic obsession, and irrationality... , Takeyoshi Tanuma Takeyoshi Tanuma is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Kazuo Unno |
Shōzō Maruta, Yutaka Senoo | [none] | |
| 1995 | Cornell Capa Cornell Capa Cornell Capa was a Hungarian American photographer, member of Magnum Photos, and photo curator, and the younger brother of photo-journalist and war photographer Robert Capa. Graduating from Imre Madách Gymnasium in Budapest, he initially intended to study medicine, but instead joined his brother... |
Masahide Amano, Kōjō Tanaka Kojo Tanaka is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , (posthumous) |
Haruo Tomiyama Haruo Tomiyama is a versatile Japanese photographer, active since the 1960s.-Life and work:Born in Kanda on 25 February 1935, Tomiyama dropped out of evening high school in 1956 to study photography for himself.... , Art and Natural History Museum of Sado, Photo Symposium in 沖縄実行委員会 |
Shigeichi Nagano Shigeichi Nagano Born on 30 March 1925 in Ōita City, Nagano studied economics at Keio University . On graduating, he joined a trading company, but soon resigned. He was recruited by Natori Yōnosuke for Weekly Sun News ; and in 1949 moved to Iwanami Shoten where, again under Natori, he did the photography for about... , Manabu Miyazaki Manabu Miyazaki (photographer) Manabu Miyazaki , born in Nagano Prefecture in 1949, is a Japanese wildlife photographer.His work Fukurō / Ural Owl won the Domon Ken Award in 1990. In 1996 two of his books won the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award for a work of photography.-External links:... , Seiichi Motohashi Seiichi Motohashi is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.... |
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| 1996 | [none] | Shihachi Fujimoto Shihachi Fujimoto was a renowned Japanese photographer.Fujimoto's works are in the permanent collection of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.Iida City Museum runs a photographic contest, Fujimoto Shihachi Shashin Bunka-shō , in his honour.-References:... , Kiyoji Ōtsuji Kiyoji Otsuji was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Yoshio Takemura |
Tokuyama City Tokuyama, Yamaguchi was a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.On April 21, 2003 Tokuyama was merged with the city of Shinnan'yō, the town of Kumage, from Kumage District, and the town of Kano, from Tsuno District, to form the new city of Shūnan.... Cultural Promotion Foundation, Japan Culture Association |
Taku Aramasa Taku Aramasa Born in Tokyo on 15 August 1936, Aramasa moved with his family to Manchukuo in 1940. In 1948 he moved to Sakata, Yamagata. He graduated from in 1960, and set up a design company in which he was an art director, but became a freelance in 1970. He worked as a fashion photographer in Paris from 1973... , Shunji Dodo Shunji Dodo is a Japanese photographer of the Kii Peninsula, Osaka, and other subjects.-Life and career:Dodo was born in Osaka in 1947. He graduated in fine arts from Kyushu Sangyo University in 1970, and started teaching at Tōkyō Shashin Senmon Gakkō... , Kikuji Kawada Kikuji Kawada is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
Katsumi Sunamori, Hideo Suzuki | JPS Japan Professional Photographers Society The is a Tokyo-based organization of photographers founded in 1950 that has continued to this day. Its logo reads “JPS”. It was formed from the combination of three earlier organizations, none more than two years old: Seinen Hōdō Shashin Kenkyūkai , Seinen Shashinka Kyōkai , and Shashinka Shūdan... |
| 1997 | John Szarkowski John Szarkowski John Szarkowski was a photographer, curator, historian, and critic. From 1962 to 1991 Szarkowski was the Director of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art.-Early life and career:... |
Hideo Haga, Hichirō Ouchi Hichiro Ouchi is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References: Nihon no shashinka / Biographic Dictionary of Japanese Photography. Tokyo: Nichigai Associates, 2005. ISBN 4-8169-1948-1. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese. Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese... |
Ashiya Museum of Art and History を, 中心としたボランティア活動グループ | Yoshihiro Tatsuki Yoshihiro Tatsuki is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Kazuyoshi Nomachi Kazuyoshi Nomachi is a renowned Japanese photographer.-External links:*... |
Osamu Kanemura Osamu Kanemura is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Kisei Kobayashi |
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| 1998 | Jean-Luc Monterosso | Shūichi Sakai, Akira Tanno Akira Tanno is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
Yukio Tabuchi Memorial Museum, Kazama Kōji | Akira Satō Akira Sato was a Japanese photographer noted for his photographs of girls and of Europe.Satō was born on 30 July 1930 in Tokyo. While a student of economics at Yokohama National University he was an avid reader of Life and other photographic and fashion magazines at the American CIE library in Hibiya. He... , Katsumi Watanabe Katsumi Watanabe is a Japanese baseball player. He was awarded the bronze medal, along with the rest of the Japanese team, during baseball's first ever appearance as an official Olympic sport, during the 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:... |
Bon Ishikawa, Asako Narahashi | [none] |
| 1999 | L. Fritz Gruber | Yōichi Midorikawa Yoichi Midorikawa is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Noriyoshi Sawamoto (posthumous), Kōji Yasukōchi |
Photo Gallery International, Takushinkan and Shinzō Maeda Shinzo Maeda was a Japanese photographer famous for landscape photographs and movies.He published 46 photography books in Japan, and founded the Tankei Photo Agency Co... (posthumous) |
Yoshiyuki Akutagawa, Kiyoshi Takai | Keiko Nomura, Yūji Obata | Michio Hoshino Michio Hoshino was a famous Japanese-born nature photographer. He originally hailed from Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture.Called one of the most accomplished nature photographers of his era... and the exhibition "The World of Michio Hoshino" |
| 2000 | Jean-Claude Lemagny | Takao Kajiwara, Kon Sasaki Kon Sasaki was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
Kenrō Izu Kenro Izu is a Japanese-born photographer based in the United States.Izu attended Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo from 1969-1972. After moving to the United States in 1972, he spent two years working as a photo assistant in New York City and subsequently established his own studio, specializing in... and Friends without a Border, JPC |
Iwanami Shoten Iwanami Shoten Publishing is a Japanese publishing company in Tokyo.Iwanami Shoten was founded in 1913 by Shigeo Iwanami. Its first major publication was the novel Kokoro in 1914.Its head office is at Hitotsubashi 2–5–5, Chiyoda, Tokyo.... , Ryōichi Saitō |
Arata Dodo, Toshiya Momose | [none] |
| 2001 | Mark Holborn | Takashi Kijima Takashi Kijima Kijima was born in Calexico, California on 24 December 1920, the son of a Mr Watanabe, a shoe manufacturer who had immigrated in 1905, and his wife Sei . The boy's name as a US citizen was Ryu Watanabe... , Iwao Ogura (posthumous), |
[none] | Tsuneo Enari Tsuneo Enari is a renowned Japanese photographer.- External links :*... , Teruo Okai, Kishin Shinoyama Kishin Shinoyama is a Japanese photographer.Shinoyama graduated from Nihon University. He worked with the Light Publicity agency while still a student, and freelanced after graduation.... |
Masaki Hirano, Masataka Nakano | Shōtarō Akiyama Shotaro Akiyama is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
| 2002 | Fosco Maraini Fosco Maraini Fosco Maraini was an Italian photographer, anthropologist, ethnologist, writer, mountaineer and academic.-Biography:... |
Ieyoshi Mihori, Kazuo Nishii Kazuo Nishii was a Japanese magazine editor and photography critic.Nishii was born in Tokyo in 1946. He graduated in economics from Keio University in 1968, and shortly after this moved to the company publishing Mainichi Shimbun, rising via stints at Sunday Mainichi and Mainich Graph to become editor in chief... (posthumous), Hiroo Tsuzuki |
Michiko Kasahara, Sapporo City Photo Library | Satoshi Kuribayashi Satoshi Kuribayashi is a renowned Japanese photographer.He received the Lennart Nilsson Award in 2006 for outstanding scientific photography.-References:... , Hiroshi Sugimoto Hiroshi Sugimoto Hiroshi Sugimoto , born on February 23, 1948, is a Japanese photographer currently dividing his time between Tokyo, Japan and New York City, USA. His catalog is made up of a number of series, each having a distinct theme and similar attributes.-Life and works:Hiroshi Sugimoto was born and raised in... , Hiromi Nagakura Hiromi Nagakura is a renowned Japanese photographer.In 2005 Nagakura's book Zabitto ikka, ie o tateru won the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award for a work of photography.-References:... |
Rinko Kawauchi Rinko Kawauchi Rinko Kawauchi is a Japanese photographer, shooting mostly in 6×6 format. Her work is characterized by a serene, poetic style, depicting the ordinary moments in life.... , Yuki Onodera Yuki Onodera is a renowned Japanese photographer. She graduated from the Kuwazawa Design School in Tokyo. Now she lives in France.-Awards:* 2001, New Photographer Higashikawa Prize* 2002, Kimura Ihei Award* 2006, Prix Niépce- Publications :... |
Eikoh Hosoe Eikoh Hosoe is a Japanese photographer and filmmaker who emerged in the experimental arts movement of post-World War II Japan. He is known for his psychologically charged images, often exploring subjects such as death, erotic obsession, and irrationality... |
| 2003 | Sebastião Salgado Sebastião Salgado Sebastião Salgado is a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist.-Biography:Salgado was born on February 8, 1944 in Aimorés, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. After a somewhat itinerant childhood, Salgado initially trained as an economist, earning a master’s degree in... |
Kunika Todoriki, Senzō Yoshioka Senzo Yoshioka was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
Guardian Garden, Etsurō Ishihara | Naoya Hatakeyama Naoya Hatakeyama is a renowned Japanese photographer.Hatakeyama was born in Iwate, Japan in 1958. He graduated from the University of Tsukuba, School of Art and Design in 1981 and completed postgraduate studies at the University of Tsukuba in 1984.-Books:... , Ryūichi Hirokawa, Taishi Hirokawa |
Yasuaki Kagii, Haruto Maeda, Hiroaki Yoshino | Nika Association of Photographers |
2004–2008
| Year | International | Distinguished Contributions | Cultural Advancement | Annual | Lifetime Achievement | Scholastic | Newcomer's | Special |
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| 2004 | Kim Seung-kon | Yoshikatsu Saeki, Kenzō Yamamoto | Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts The is a gallery of photography in the Kiyosato regionof the city of Hokuto, Yamanashi .The gallery was founded in 1995; Eikoh Hosoe has been its director since its inception.... "Young Portfolio", Aichi Village (Nagano) and the Preservation Society for Photographs of Motoichi Kumagai |
Hiroh Kikai Hiroh Kikai is a Japanese photographer best known within Japan for three series of monochrome photographs: scenes of buildings in and close to Tokyo, portraits of people in the Asakusa area of Tokyo, and rural and town life in India... , Toshinobu Takeuchi |
Daidō Moriyama Daido Moriyama is a Japanese photographer noted for his images depicting the breakdown of traditional values in post-war Japan.- Life and career :Born in Ikeda, Osaka, Daidō Moriyama studied photography under Takeji Iwamiya before moving to Tokyo in 1961 to work as an assistant to Eikoh Hosoe... , Jun'ichi Ōta |
Eiko Imahashi | , | [none] |
| 2005 | Anne W. Tucker Anne Wilkes Tucker Anne Wilkes Tucker is an American museum curator of photographic works. Tucker was born in Baton Rouge. She received a B.A. in Art History from Randolph Macon Woman's College in 1967, and an A.A.S in Photographic Illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1968... |
Ikkō Narahara Ikko Narahara is a Japanese photographer. Born in Fukuoka, Narahara studied law at Chuo University and, influenced by statues of Buddha at Nara, art history at the graduate school of Waseda University .... , Shōmei Tōmatsu Shomei Tomatsu is a Japanese photographer.Born Teruaki Tōmatsu in Nagoya in 1930, Tōmatsu studied economics at Aichi University, graduating in 1954. While still a student, he had his photographs published by the major Japanese photography magazines. He entered Iwanami and worked on the series Iwanami Shashin Bunko... |
Documentary Photo Festival Miyazaki | Mitsuhiko Imamori Mitsuhiko Imamori is a renowned self-taught Japanese photographer. His work often involves insects but he is a naturalist at heart.-References:... , Ken'ichi Komatsu |
Akira Kinoshita Akira Kinoshita is a renowned Japanese photographer.Akira KINOSHITA,Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture, was born in the town Kamisuwan July 16, 1936.Suwa K. Ling after high school, studied at Nihon Fukushi University.... , Eiichirō Sakata |
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| 2006 | EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee EU-Japan Fest The is the cultural exchange between the European Union and Japan that is arranged with the help of the , a Japanese organization that since 1992 has worked to create such exchanges between the year's Cultural Capital of Europe and Japan... |
Shigeichi Nagano Shigeichi Nagano Born on 30 March 1925 in Ōita City, Nagano studied economics at Keio University . On graduating, he joined a trading company, but soon resigned. He was recruited by Natori Yōnosuke for Weekly Sun News ; and in 1949 moved to Iwanami Shoten where, again under Natori, he did the photography for about... , Masaaki Nishimiya |
General Photography Festival "Photo City Sagamihara" Committee Photo City Sagamihara is a photographic award that has been sponsored annually by the city of Sagamihara since 2001.There are four kinds of awards: the main prize for professionals , prizes for newcomer professionals , one prize for Asian photographers , and various awards for amateurs... , Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography |
Hideaki Uchiyama | Miyako Ishiuchi Miyako Ishiuchi , is a renowned Japanese photographer.Ishiuchi has produced collections of photography since the late 1970s. Her first book was a study of Yokosuka, where she grew up.... |
Teruo Okai | Kensuke Kazama Kensuke Kazama is a Japanese photographer who for many years lived in and photographed the one-time mining town of Yūbari, Hokkaidō.Born in Mie Prefecture, Kazama moved to Tokyo in 1978. He held exhibitions in Tokyo two years later... , Masako Oguri, Kōji Onaka |
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| 2007 | Terry Bennett | Minoru Ōnishi, Yōho Tsuda, (posthumous) | Iida Iida, Nagano is a city located in southern Nagano Prefecture, Japan.Located on the Iida Line, an old local train line that runs through the valley of the Tenryū River in the southern Japan Alps, Iida lies 90 minutes northeast of the major city of Nagoya by automobile via the Chūō Expressway... , 実行委員会 of the "How are you, photography?" exhibition of the Kyoto Photography Club |
Ikuo Nakamura Ikuo Nakamura -References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. English language title; Japanese text.... |
Akito Mizutani, Yoshimitsu Nagasaka | Yuri Mitsuda | Ken Kitano, Kazutoshi Yoshimura | J. Wally Higgins |
| 2008 | Martin Parr Martin Parr Martin Parr is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take a critical look at aspects of modern life, in particular provincial and suburban life in England... |
Ken'ichi Honda | Sōkyūsha | Risaku Suzuki, Ryūichirō Suzuki, Masato Seto Masato Seto -Biography:Seto was born in Udon Thani, Thailand, to a Japanese father and a Vietnamese Thai mother. He moved to Fukushima Prefecture, Japan in 1961, and studied photography at Tōkyō Shashin Senmon Gakkō , graduating in 1973. After further study under Daidō Moriyama, Seto became an assistant to... |
Shinpei Asai, Bishin Jumonji Bishin Jumonji is a photographer who has done advertising, portrait, architectural, and other work.Jumonji was born in Yokohama on 4 March 1947. After studying at the Tokyo College of Photography he worked as an assistant to Kishin Shinoyama and went freelance in 1971, when he was the cameraman for advertisements... |
Masafumi Fukagawa | Naoki Ishikawa, Takayuki Maekawa, Toshihiro Yashiro | Toshirō Shimoyama |
2009–2010
| Year | International | Distinguished Contributions | Lifetime Achievement | Scholastic | Newcomer's |
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| 2009 | , Norihiko Matsumoto Norihiko Matsumoto is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.... |
Toshio Shibata Toshio Shibata is a Japanese photographer known for his large-format photographs of large-scale works of civil engineering in unpopulated landscapes.Shibata was born in Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a B.A. in 1972 and an M.F.A. in 1974 in which he concentrated primarily on painting... |
Kōtarō Iizawa Kotaro Iizawa is a Japanese photography critic, historian of photography, and magazine editor.Born in Sendai, Miyagi in 1954, Iizawa studied photography in Nihon University, graduating in 1977. He obtained his doctorate at University of Tsukuba.... |
Yasuhiro Ogawa, Shintarō Saitō | |
| 2010 | [none] | , Osamu Hiraki, | Yukio Ōyama, Keizō Kitajima Keizo Kitajima is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... , Yoshihiro Tatsuki Yoshihiro Tatsuki is a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:... |
Keishō Ishiguro, Ryūichi Kaneko | Keiko Sasaoka, Aya Fujioka |