is a prominent
Japanese wildlife
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
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and
filmmaker
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Biography
He is the son of
Tokumitsu Iwagō, himself a noted wildlife photographer. After graduating from
Hosei University
is a private university based in Tokyo, Japan.
The university originated in a school of law, Tōkyō Hōgakusha (, i.e. Tokyo association of law), established in 1880, and the following year renamed Tōkyō Hōgakkō (, i.e. Tokyo school of l ...
, Iwago went as his father's assistant to the
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands ( es, Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator west of the mainland of South America. They form the Galápagos Province of the Republic of Ecuador, with ...
, where he decided to become a photographer. His work ''Letters from the Sea'' (, ''Umi kara no tegami'') won the
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 give ...
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
is a Japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscopes and thermometers. Olympus holds roughly a 70-percent share of the global endoscope market, estimat ...
.
Since 2012, Iwago has appeared on the TV program "(IWASGO MITSUAKI NO SEKAI NEKOARUKI, ()" (
NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestri ...
BS Premium). In the TV program, Iwago is shooting videos of cats from all over the world.
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Publications
*''Serengeti: Natural Order on the African Plain.'' Chronicle Books, 1987. .
*''In the Lion's Den.'' Chronicle Books, 1996. .
*''Priceless: The Vanishing Beauty of a Fragile Planet'', coauthored with Bradley Trevor Greive
Bradley Trevor Greive (born 22 February 1970) is an Australian author. He has written 24 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 Y ...
, Andrews McMeel, 2003. .
*''Tabi yukeba neko'' (). Nihon Shuppansha, 2005. .
References
External links
Profile
- by Olympus
Global Warming Witness - Mitsuaki Iwago Special
- by Olympus
Mitsuaki Iwago Photo Gallery
- by AnimalsandEarth
1950 births
Living people
People from Tokyo
Japanese photographers
Nature photographers
Hosei University alumni
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