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Kimura Ihei Award
The is a Japanese photography award. The award has been given every year since 1975 (except 1983) by the Asahi Shimbun Company, publisher of ''Asahi Shimbun'' and the magazine ''Asahi Camera'', in honor of the photographer Ihei Kimura. It is given to one or more new photographers whose work has been exhibited or published during the previous year and is announced in ''Asahi Camera'': its original name, soon shortened, was ''Asahi Kamera Kimura Ihei Shashin-shō'' (). The award is usually given to a single photographer. In 2000, the unprecedented awarding of three prizes, each to a female photographer, caused a stir. Its major rival for attention in the mass media is the Domon Ken Award The Domon Ken Award (土門拳賞, ''Domon-Ken-shō'') is one of Japan's photographic awards. The award was started in 1981 by the Mainichi Newspapers to mark the 110th birthday of the '' Mainichi Shimbun'', its daily newspaper and main publicatio ..., given annually to a single photographer, us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asahi Shimbun
is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition and 1.33 million for its evening edition as of July 2021, was second behind that of the '' Yomiuri Shimbun''. By print circulation, it is the third largest newspaper in the world behind the ''Yomiuri'', though its digital size trails that of many global newspapers including '' The New York Times''. Its publisher, is a media conglomerate with its registered headquarters in Osaka. It is a privately held family business with ownership and control remaining with the founding Murayama and Ueno families. According to the Reuters Institute Digital Report 2018, public trust in the ''Asahi Shimbun'' is the lowest among Japan's major dailies, though confidence is declining in all the major newspapers. The ''Asahi Shimbun'' is one of the five la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryūji Miyamoto
Ryūji Miyamoto (宮本 隆司, ''Miyamoto Ryūji'', born 1947) is a Japanese photographer, best known as the “ruins photographer”.Ryūji Miyamoto, “Miyamoto Ryūji no intabyū: ‘Toshi no muishiki’ wo toru” (An interview with Miyamoto Ryūji: Shooting the ‘city’s unsconious’), Kenchiku bunka 645 (July 2000), p.106. Having studied graphic design at Tama Art University in Tokyo, he taught himself photography and began as an architectural journalist for magazines and newspapers. Inspired by the landscapes of post-war Japan that marked his childhood he came to reckon the imagery of destruction when he received a commission from Asahi Graph (pictorial journal) to document the demolition of the Nakano Prison in Tokyo.Cushman 2018, p.38. His early work focusing on the demolition of modern buildings led to the ''Architectural Apocalypse'' series.Cushman 2018, p.37. He later thematized what he calls "handmade architecture" (''tezukuri kenchiku'') Cushman 2018, p.88. t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Homma
is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Some possible writings of the name include: *江詩 - "estuary , inlet, poem" *隆 - "prosperous noble" *喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman" *峻 - "high, steep" *崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history" *孝 - "filial piety, serve parents" *節 - "moral courage, integrity" *傑 - "hero, outstanding" Takashi can also be written in hiragana and/or katakana: *タカシ (katakana) *たかし (hiragana) People with the name *Takashi Abe (阿部 隆, born 1967), Japanese shogi player *, Japanese rugby union player *Takashi Amano (天野尚, 1954–2015), Japanese photographer, aquarist and designer *Takashi Aonishi (青西 高嗣), Japanese music artist *Takashi Asahina (朝比奈 隆, 1908–2001), Japanese conductor *, Japanese volleyball player *Takashi Fujii (藤井隆, born 1972), Japanese singer and comedian *Taka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyōichi Tsuzuki
Kyōichi, Kyoichi or Kyouichi (written: , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese aikidoka *, Japanese writer *, Japanese academic *, Japanese whale watcher *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese historian {{DEFAULTSORT:Kyoichi Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoya Hatakeyama
is a Japanese photographer. His work explores human intervention with the landscape and natural materials, including the life of cities and the built environment. Life Hatakeyama was born in Japan Rikuzentakata, Iwate, 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. Awards *1997: 22nd Kimura Ihei Memorial Photography Award *2000: 16th Higashikawa Domestic Photographer Prize *2001: 42nd Mainichi Award of Art *2003: Photographer of the Year Award from the Photographic Society of Japan Books *''Lime Works.'' Tōkyō: Synergy, 1996. . **''Lime Works.'' Osaka: Amus Arts Press, 2002. . **''Lime Works.'' Kyōto: Seigensha, 2008. . *''Underground.'' Tōkyō: Media Factory, 2000. . *''Under Construction.'' Tōkyō: Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha, 2001. . *''Slow Glass.'' United Kingdom: Light Xchange and The Winchester Gallery, 2002. . *''畠山直哉 = Naoya Hatakeyama.'' K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masato Seto
is a Japanese Thai photographer. Biography Seto was born in Udon Thani, Thailand, to a Vietnamese mother and a Japanese father. 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 Masahisa Fukase in 1978. In 1981 he became a freelance. Seto has worked on various photographic projects. The best known may be ''Living Room,'' an exhibition and then a book of a strip of single and group portraits of Japanese and foreign residents of Tokyo in their homes. This won the Kimura Ihei Award. Seto in 2008 had his first solo show of photographs in his native country of Thailand. The exhibition featured his first two series of color photographs "Picnic" and "Binran." The show was put together by curator Connelly La Mar with support from the Japan Foundation The was established in 1972 by an Act of the National Diet as a special legal e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuhiko Imamori
is a self-taught Japanese photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographers As in other .... His work often involves insects but he is a naturalist at heart. (in Japanese) References External links J'Lit , Authors : Mitsuhiko Imamori , Books from Japan Japanese photographers [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuhisa Toyohara
Yasuhisa is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yasuhisa can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *康久, "healthy, long time" *康尚, "healthy, still" *康寿, "healthy, long life" *靖久, "peaceful, long time" *靖尚, "peaceful, still" *靖寿, "peaceful, long life" *安久, "tranquil, long time" *安尚, "tranquil, still" *安寿, "tranquil, long life" *保久, "preserve, long time" *保尚, "preserve, still" *保寿, "preserve, long life" *泰久, "peaceful, long time" *泰尚, "peaceful, still" *泰寿, "peaceful, long life" *易久, "divination, long time" *易寿, "divination, long life" *恭久, "respectful, long life" The name can also be written in hiragana やすひさ or katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norio Kobayashi
is a Japanese photographer. Kobayashi was born in Ōdate, Akita in 1952. He left Nippon Dental College in 1980, before graduation, and graduated from Tokyo College of Photography (postgraduate course) in 1983. Kobayashi had a solo exhibition "Landscapes" at Gallery Eye-Heart, Tokyo in 1982, showing a series of landscapes taken in the urban marginal area, often developed for housing or a new city development. In 1986 he published ''Landscape,'' was awarded the award for new photographers by the Photographic Society of Japan in 1987. ''First Light'' won the Kimura Ihei Award for photography in 1993. Kobayashi's photographs were exhibited with those by Yūji Saiga, Naoya Hatakeyama and Toshio Yamane in an exhibition, ''Land of Paradox,'' that travelled around the US in 1996–97.Specifically, to Photographic Resource Center, Boston; Ansel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco; Southeast Museum of Photography The Southeast Museum of Photography is located in Daytona Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsugu Ōnishi
Mitsugu Ōnishi (大西みつぐ,His personal name was originally written 貢. ''Ōnishi Mitsugu''; born 7 October 1952) is a Japanese photographer. Born in Tokyo, Ōnishi graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography in 1974, rejoining a year later as a teacher, and staying there in that capacity until 1994. Ōnishi photographed everyday life and his native Tokyo; he later turned his attention to suburban housing projects. Ōnishi won the 22nd Taiyō award in 1985, and the 18th Kimura Ihei Award in 1993. In addition to the collections of his photographs, he has written books about photography and cameras. He continues to live in Tokyo. Notes Books of photographs by Ōnishi *''Wonder Land.'' Frog, 1989. *''Tōi natsu'' (遠い夏) / ''The long vacation.'' Waizu, 2001. * ''Shitamachi junjō kamera'' (下町純情カメラ, Innocent ''Shitamachi'' camera). Tokyo: Ei, 2004. A ''bunkobon,'' much of which is devoted to color photographs of Tokyo's ''shitamachi and are tradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Shibata received a fellowship from the Belgian Ministry of Education to study at the Royal Academy of Ghent in Belgium from 1975 to 1977 and begin his study of photography during this period. He held his first solo exhibition of photography in 1979 and has exhibited prolifically since; from 1987 he has also taught photography in Tokyo. Awards *1975, 1976 **Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Belgium *1992 **The 17th Kimura Ihei Award, Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co. Books *''Nihon tenkei'' () / ''Photographs by Toshio Shibata.'' Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1992. . *With Yoshio Nakamura (, ''Nakamura Yoshio''). ''Tera: Sōkei suru daichi: Shashinshū'' () / ''Terra.'' Tokyo: Toshi Shuppan, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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