Hamaya Hiroshi
Hamaya Hiroshi ( Japanese 濱 谷 浩 ; born March 28, 1915 in Tokyo ; † March 6, 1999 ibid) was a Japanese photographer.
Life
Hamaya started taking pictures when he was fifteen. In 1937 he began to work as a freelance photojournalist. In 1939 he met the ethnologist Shibusawa Keizō , who aroused his interest in daily life and the festive customs of the people of the remote Niigata prefecture . In 1940 and 1942 he made trips to Manchuria and China ; both countries were then occupied by Japan.
After the war, he traveled again to northern Japan and Niigata Prefecture. This is where his famous photo series Village in the Snow was created . In 1950 he began to record life in the big cities in photo reports; however, continued to deal with the rural Japanese world.
Hamaya became the first Asian photographer to become a member of Magnum Photos in 1960 . In the 1960s and 1970s, he traveled around the world for various photo projects.
In 1987 he received the Hasselblad Foundation Award for Photography.
literature
- Alfried Wieczorek ; Claude W. Sui (Ed.): World stars of photography. The winners of the Hasselblad Foundation . Pp. 70-75. Mannheim 2008: Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums. ISBN 978-3-927774-23-0
Web links
- Photos by Hiroshi Hamaya at the Hasselblad Foundation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hamaya Hiroshi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 濱 谷 浩 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1999 |
| Place of death | Tokyo |