SUDA, Issei

About Japanese photographer, Issei SUDA (1940-2019)

Born in Tokyo, Issei SUDA graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography in 1962. He was hired as house photographer for the experimental theater troupe Tenjo Sajiki by Shuji TERAYAMA in 1967, before commencing his work as a freelance photographer in 1971. His works capturing moments between reality and non-reality have lately earned a high reputation also outside Japan. Main photo collections include 'Fushi Kaden', 'Waga Tokyo 100', 'Akai hana / Scarlet Bloom', 'Anonymous Men and Women' as well as 'Rei'.

Photo books by and with works by Issei SUDA

• 'Fūshi kaden' (風姿花伝, 1978, 2012); 'Waga Tōkyō 100' (わが東京100, 1979, 2013); 'Inu no hana' (犬の鼻：気紛れ・写真・散歩, 1991); 'Ningen no kioku' (人間の記憶, 1996); 'Akai hana' (紅い花, 2000); 'Early photographs' (2005); 'Min'yō sanga' (民謡山河, 2007); 'Kado no tabakoya made no tabi' (角の煙草屋までの旅, 2011); 'The Work of a Lifetime' (2011); 'Rubber' (2012); 'Miura Misaki' (一九七五 三浦三崎 / 1975 Miuramisaki, 2012); 'Sparrow Island' (2012); '松之物語 / Monogatari of Pines' (2013); 'Mumei no danjo' (無名の男女 東京, 2013); 'Early Works 1970–1975' (2013); 'Nagi no hira' (凪の片 / Fragments of Calm, 2013); 'Tōkyō-kei' (東京景, 2013); 'The Journey to Osorezan' (恐山へ, 2013); 'Kamagasaki Magic Lantern' (走馬灯のように 釜ケ崎2000・2014, 2015); 'Childhood Days' (2015); 'Rei' (2015); 'Bōsō fūdoki (房総風土記, 2015); 'Min'yō sanga' (須田一政作品展民謡山河, 2016); 'Suddenly' (2016); 'Sein' (2017); 'Kannagara' (かんながら, 2017); 'Nichijō no danpen' (日常の断片 / Fragment of Everyday Life' (2018); 'Mōmaku chokketsu yubisaki me kamera' (網膜直結指先目カメラ / The Mechanical Retina on My Fingertips, 2018); 'Ravens & Red Lipstick: Japanese Photography Since 1945' (2018, 2024); 'Gankotoshi' (2019); 'Entotsu no aru fūkei (煙突のある風景, 2019); 'Tokyo Modern Pictorial' (2020); '78' (2020); 'New Life' (2020); 'Eden' (2020); 'My Japan' (2021); 'Mumei no danjo' (無名の男女 / Anonymous Man and Woman, 2021); 'Exhibition Fūshi kaden (風姿花伝, 2020); 'Family Diary / Kazoku nikki' (家族日記, 2021); 'Kantō fūtan (関東風譚 / The Sketch of Kanto Area, 2022); 'Holy Night' (2022); 'Monogusa shui (物草拾遺, 2023);