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photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs. Duties and types of photograp ...

and educator. Sato is best known for his unusual expressions of light and space and interpretations of performance and dance.

Biography

Tokihiro Sato was born on September 14, 1957, in Sakata,

Yamagata Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It has a population of 1,005,926 (1 February 2025) and an area of 9,325 Square kilometre, km2 (3,600 Square mile, sq mi). Its neighbours are Akita Prefectu ...

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. Receiving his MFA and BFA degrees in Music and Fine Arts from

Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music or is a school of art and music in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, crafts, inter ...

in 1981, Sato was originally a trained sculptor, but decided to go with photography to better communicate his ideas. Recognised for his playful interaction of light, Sato uses a large-format camera for exposures that last from one to three hours, while he moves around the space creating illuminated lines drawn with flashlights. The results are detailed photographs interrupted by patterns of light. And because of the long exposures, Sato’s movements across the scene remain undetectable by the camera; the photograph captures his presence but not his image. Sato’s photographs are held throughout the world in public and private museums including the

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(New York); the

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; the

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;

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; the

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; Museum of Modern Art (Saitama, Japan);

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(Tokyo);

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(Brisbane); and

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. Solo museum exhibitions in the United States have taken place at the

(2003),

(2005), and the

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in Nashville (2010). He is currently a professor in the Inter-Media Art Department at the

Tokyo University of the Arts or is a school of art and music in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, crafts, inter ...

.List of faculty members
, Department of Inter-Media Arts. Accessed 26 November 2009.

Books

*''Tokihiro Sato: Trees,'' Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, 2010. . *Sato, Tokihiro. ''Hikari–kokyū'' (). Nikon Salon Books 24. Tokyo: Nikon, 1997. *Sato, Tokihiro. ''Hikari–kokyū'' () / ''Photo–Respiration.'' Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan, 1997. . *''Sato Tokihiro no manazashi "Hikari–kokyū"'' (). Sakata: Sakatashi Bijutsukan, 1999. *With and . ''Kokyū suru fūkei'' () / ''Breathing landscapes.'' rawa Saitama Kenritsu Kindai Bijutsukan, 1999. *Siegel, Elizabeth. ''Photo Respiration: Tokihiro Sato Photographs.'' Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2005. .

Notes

References

* ''Gendai shashin no keifu II'' (現代写真の系譜II) / ''History of Modern Photos II.'' Nikon Salon Books 28. Tokyo: Nikon, Nikkor Club, 2001. Pp. 90–92. In Japanese only, despite the alternative English-language title. *''Nihon no shashin: Uchi naru katachi, soto naru katachi.'' 3: ''Gendai no keshiki, 1980–95'' (日本の写真：内なるかたち・外なるかたち第3部：現代の1980～95) / ''Japanese Photography: Form In/Out.'' 3: ''Contemporary Scenery, 1980–90.'' Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 1996. Exhibition catalogue, texts and captions in Japanese and English. * ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' (日本写真家事典) / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers.'' Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. P. 156. . Despite its alternative title in English, the text is all in Japanese. *Tucker, Anne Wilkes, et al. ''The History of Japanese Photography.'' New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. .

External links

Tokihiro Sato at Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New YorkFrist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tenn.The Mysterious Light of Tokihiro Sato

: examples of Sato's work. *Ono, Philbert

Photoguide Japan. *Ono, Philbert.
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