is a

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known for his depictions of the juxtaposition of man-made structures on natural topography.

Early life

__NOTOC__ Yamane was born on 29 June 1953 in what is now Iwaki,

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, Japan. He studied German literature at

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, graduating in 1977 and thereafter working at Asahi Shinbunsha (the publisher of ''

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'') until 1988, when he went freelance.

Career

Yamane's color photographs of the waterfront of

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, taken on 4×5 film, were exhibited at the

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in 1986 and Gallery Min in 1989, and published in book form as ''Front'' in 1991. The book won Yamane a newcomer's prize in the 42nd PSJ awards in 1992. Yamane's photographs were exhibited with those by

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, Naoya Hatakeyama and

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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;

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, ''Art in America,'' 1 March 1997. A review of the exhibition ''Land of Paradox.''

Books

*Ashiya City Museum of Art and History (, ''Ashiya-shi Bijutsukan''). ''Rando obu paradokkusu'' () / ''Land of Paradox.'' Kyoto: Tankōsha, 1997. . *''Front.'' Tokyo: Jōhō Sentā Shuppankyoku, 1991. . Devoted to Yamane's works. *Fuku, Noriko, ed. ''Land of paradox: Yuji Saiga, Naoya Hatakeyama, Norio Kobayashi, Toshio Yamane.'' Daytona Beach, Fla: Daytona Beach Community College, 1996. . Catalogue of the exhibition as held in the US.

Notes

References

*''Shashinshū o yomu: Besuto 338 kanzen gaido'' (, Reading photobooks: A complete guide to the best 338). Tokyo: Metarōgu, 1997. . *"Yamane Toshio" (). ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers.'' Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . P.321. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese. Japanese photographers 1953 births Living people Artists from Fukushima Prefecture People from Iwaki, Fukushima {{Japan-photographer-stub