NISHIMURA, Tamiko

About the Japanese photographer, Tamiko NISHIMURA (b. 1948, in Tokyo)

Tamiko NISHIMURA graduated from Tokyo Photography College (current Tokyo Visual Arts) in 1969. Her graduation work was a photography series of Jōkyō Gekijo (Situation Theatre), forefront of the underground theatre movement led by Jūrō Kara. After her graduation, she met Daido MORIYAMA, Kōji TAKI and Takuma NAKAHIRA, three highly influential members of the 'Provoke' movement. She assisted them in the darkroom from time to time up until 1972, while she continued her personal shooting on her travels. She also began to travel to Southeastern Asia and Europe in the 1980s. Tamiko NISHIMURA’s language of expression is poetic, spiritual and deeply personal. Looking back on her career, she describes it as a sequence of journeys, and she continued photographing with her nomadic lifestyle. Her photography, revealing what is beyond a journey, is a manifold portrait of life wherever she encounters.

Photo books by Tamiko NISHIMURA

'Shikishima' (1973, 2014), 'Vent calmoso' (2005), 'Existence 1968-69' (2011), 'Eternal Chase' (2012), 'Kittenish...' (2015), 'My Journey' (2018) and 'Voyage' (2019)

NISHIMURA, Tamiko - Eternal Chase / Shokei
NISHIMURA, Tamiko - Eternal Chase / Shokei
In 'Eternal Chase' neither composition, exposure nor focal length are in focus, these are secondary. Tamiko NISHIMURA leaves it up to the object to show itself. In contrast to the spiritual expectation at the selection, she took a lot of time to fix it.
Specification
  • Ed(s)/Author(s): Hirashima Akihiko
  • Format: HC with dust jacket, 23 x 28 x 2 cm., 142 pp., b/w ills., bilingual text: Japanese & English
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NISHIMURA, Tamiko - Shikishima
NISHIMURA, Tamiko - Shikishima
Re-edit. 'Shikishima' by Tamiko NISHIMURA is rather one of the lesser-known book classics from the 1970s; it is the result of a journey through her homeland. The photographer was once an assistant to Daido MORIYAMA, who also influenced her stylistically.
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  • Format: Re-edit, two slipcased pb., 22 x 28,5 x 2 cm., 112 pp. (+ 36 pp. supplement), b/w ills., Ltd. to 700 copies
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NISHIMURA, Tamiko - My Journey II
NISHIMURA, Tamiko - My Journey II
In her photo volume 'My Journey II. 1968-1989' the Japanese photographer Tamiko NISHIMURA documents her travels through her homeland. After the series and book 'Shikishima' this book is another prime example of brilliantly composed snapshot photography.
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NISHIMURA, Tamiko - Existence. 1968-69 Theatre de Situation
NISHIMURA, Tamiko - Existence. 1968-69 Theatre de Situation
Pb. 18 x 26 x 1 cm., o.pp., b/w ills., text language: Japanese
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  • Book design: Ito SHINICHI
  • Format: Pb. 18 x 26 x 1 cm., o.pp., b/w ills., text language: Japanese
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NISHIMURA, Tamiko - My Journey / Ryojin
NISHIMURA, Tamiko - My Journey / Ryojin
Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 25 x 1,5 cxm., 120 pp., 60 b/w ills., text language: English
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  • Format: Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 25 x 1,5 cxm., 120 pp., 60 b/w ills., text language: English
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NISHIMURA, Tamiko - Voyage
NISHIMURA, Tamiko - Voyage
HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 26,5 x 2,5 cm., 264 pp., 266 b/w ills., 1.250 gr., bilingual texts: English / Japanese - Ltd. to only 500 copies
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  • Format: HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 26,5 x 2,5 cm., 264 pp., 266 b/w ills., 1.250 gr., bilingual texts: English / Japanese - Ltd. to only 500 copies
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