is a Japanese street photographer focusing in human photography based in Tokyo.

Life and career

Michio Yamauchi was born in a mountain village in Nishimikawa, Aichi (currently part of

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) on October 23, 1950. He studied in the literature department at

Waseda University Waseda University (Japanese: ), abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the fifth Prime Minister of Japan, prime ministe ...

, and after graduating, at 29 years old, entered night school at the Tokyo School of Photography (now Tokyo Visual Arts school (). In 1982, the same year he graduated from the Tokyo School of Photography, Yamauchi took part in an independent gallery known as Image Shop CAMP (). During this time, Yamauchi studied under

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(). Afterwards, Yamauchi spent over 10 years as a freelance photographer, mainly participating in independent galleries where he would display photos he took around

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. Yamauchi eventually focused on publishing books of his photography after publishing "To People" (, ) and "City"　(, ). From this point on, Yamauchi, whilst continuing photography in Tokyo, began heading overseas as well.

Awards

In 1997, Yamauchi won the 22nd

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for his exhibition "British Territory Hong Kong" (, ) at the Ginza

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in Tokyo, Japan. Then, in 2011, he received the 20th Hayashi Tadahiko Award for his exhibition and photo album titled "Keelung" (, ). This award (林忠彦賞) is given annually by Shunan city and the Shunan City Museum of Art and History, started in 1992, in honor of the photographer Tadahiko Hayashi.

Collections

Yamauchi's collections can still currently be seen at the

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, the Shunan City Museum of Art and History, the Nikon Salon and other places throughout Japan.

Solo exhibitions

* 1982 - "Noraneko - ''Stray Cats''" (, ), Image Shop CAMP, Shinjuku, Tokyo :::"Children" (, ), Image Shop CAMP, Shinjuku, Tokyo * 1983 - "Tokyo vol. 1 - vol. 10" (), February 1983 - February 1984, Image Shop CAMP, Shinjuku, Tokyo * 1984 - "Tokyo, That One" (, ), Minolta Photo Space (Currently, Konica Minolta Plaza), Shinjuku, Tokyo * 1985 - "Tokyo, Showa Year 60, August" (, ), Minolta Photo Space, Shinjuku, Tokyo * 1986 - "Tokyo, February '83 to February '86" (, ), Olympus Gallery, Kandaogawa Town, Tokyo * 1992 - "To People" (, ), Minolta Photo Space * 1994 - "

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, Ginza, Tokyo * 1997 - "British Territory

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" (, ), Ginza Nikon Salon, Ginza, Tokyo * 1999 - " Waikiki", Ginza Nikon Salon, Ginza, Tokyo * 2002 - "Tokyo,東京", Ginza Nikon Salon, Ginza, Tokyo * 2004 - "

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" (India), Konika Minolta Plaza, Shinjuku, Tokyo * 2005 - "Holiday" (Waikiki), independent gallery, Galleria Q (currently, 3rd District Gallery), Shinjuku, Tokyo * 2008 - "Tokyo", Sokyusha (independent gallery and bookshop), Shinjuku, Tokyo * 2010 - "Tokyo", December 2009 (), ''tōkyō 2009.12''), 3rd District Gallery (independent gallery), Shinjuku, Tokyo :::"

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" (, ), Sokyusha, Shinjuku, Tokyo * 2012 - "To People II" (, , ''hito e ni''), Sekka Borderless Space, Nezu, Tokyo

Books

* City (, ''machi''), Sokyusha, 1992 * To People (, ''hito e''), independently published, 1992 * Shanghai (, ''shanhai''), independently published, 1995 *, Sokyusha, 1997 * Noraneko - Stray Cats (, ''noraneko''),

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, ., 1999 * TOKYO,Tokyo (, ''tōkyō, tōkyō''), Wise Publishing, ., 2003 * , Sokyusha, ., 2003 * Holiday "Waikiki", YK Publishing, 2005 * , Rathole Gallery, 2008 * Tokyo 2005-2007 (, ''tōkyō 2005-2007''), Sokyusha, 2008 * Keelung (, ''kiirun''), Grafica, , 2010 * Tokyo 2009-2010 (, ''tōkyō　2009-2010''), Sokyusha, 2012 * To People II (, ''hito e ni''), Sokyusha, 2012 * DHAKA Tokyo-kirara sha Co., ltd 2015

Other publications/mentions

* 1984 - ''Tokyo'' announced, ''

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'' (a magazine published by

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),September 1984,pp. 151–174. * 1985 - ''Street'' continuous publication, ''Camera Mainichi'', January to April 1985 . :::''Snapshots'' published, ''Shashin Seikatsu''(a monthly magazine published by Tatsumi Publishing) * 1986 - Photos displayed, ''Tokyo Human Encyclopedia'' (Tokyo Paris friendship cities memorial photo exhibition　東京人間図鑑), Paris :::''Record Tokyo'' (記録東京, ''kiroku tōkyō''),''FACE'' and ''NEW FACE'' in ''Shashin Jidai''(a monthly magazine published by Byakuya Shobo) * 1987 - Photos displayed, ''New Photographic Possibilities'',

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* 1990 - Photos displayed, ''Japanese'' (日本人) projected by

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　, Moscow, Thailand, etc. * 1993 - Photos displayed, ''Breda Photographica'' (''

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'', October 1993, p. 120), Holland * 1997 - Critique, ''Photographic Memory'' (写真的記憶) by

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, pp. 179–180, pp. 305–307. Seikyusha, . * 1998 - Photos displayed, ''20th Century Car Culture'',

Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts The is a gallery of photography in the Kiyosato region of the city of Hokuto, Yamanashi (Japan). The gallery was founded in 1995; Eikoh Hosoe has been its director since its opening. The gallery, which also refers to itself as "K*MoPA", "emb ...

, Yamanashi, Japan * 2007 - Photos displayed, ''The New Collections: Vol. 1'',

, Ebisu, Tokyo :::Photos displayed, ''Portraits of Showa: 1945-1989 '',

, Ebisu, Tokyo. Guidebook is ''Shouwa no fukei'' (昭和の風景), pp. 180–181. :::Interview, ''

'', November 2007, P. 235 * 2008 - Photos published, ''Now, Snapshot Photography is Interesting'' in ''Capa'' (a monthly magazine published by

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), October 2008, pp. 126–129. * 2010 - Photos displayed, ''20th Century Portraits: All photographs are Portraits'', Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography * 2011 - Photos displayed, ''Scenes of Children: Part III Original Scenes Collection'', Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. Guidebook is ''Kodomo no joukei'', (こどもの情景 ), p. 137. :::Photos published, ''30 Years of Snapshot Photography'' in ''Capa'', October 2011, pp. 78-79. :::Photos displayed, ''20th Tadahiko Hayashi Award Recipient Memorial Photography Exhibition'', Shunan City Museum of Art and History, Yamaguchi, Japan * 2012 - Photos displayed, ''Tadahiko Hayashi Award 20th Anniversary Exhibition'', Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa, Japan :::Photos published, ''To People II'' in ''

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'', November 2012, pp. 90-96.

References

External links

Michio Yamauchi official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yamauchi, Michio Japanese street photographers 1950 births Living people People from Toyota, Aichi Waseda University alumni