About Japanese photographer, Hiromi TSUCHIDA (土田ヒロミ, b.1939)

Hiromi TSUCHIDA was born in Fukui Prefecture. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Fukui. In 1971, he began his career as a photographer. In 1976, he turned his focus on Japanese folk nature. After getting Ina Nobuo Award (1978), he continued to document that theme with Hiroshima Monument and Hiroshima Collection. In 1995, he started digital photography.

Photo books by as well as with works by Hiromi TSUCHIDA

  • 'Blue flower. Tokyo Dolls' (1972, 1980); 'Zokushin / Gods of the Earth' (1976, 2004), 'Jingu to Iseji' (1982); 'Hiroshima' (1983); 'Hiroshima atomic explosion images landmarks people objects' (1985); 'Party' (1990); 'Counting Grains of Sand. 1976-1989' (1990);  'Hiroshima Monument II' (1995); 'The Berlin Wall' (2001); 'New: Counting Grains of Sand' (2005); 'Chronicling Japan: Tsuchida Hiromi's Nippon' (2007); 'Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and 70s' (2009, by Ryuichi Kaneko and Ivan Vartanian); 'Berlin' (2011); 'Fukushima 2011-2017' (2018);

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The out-of-print photo book compendium 'Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and '70s' by Kaneko & Vartanian presents relevant publications of that era. Some of the most influential works and forgotten gems are presented and placed in a sociological context.
498,00 € * Weight 1.7 kg
 Awards
  • 1971: 8th Annual Taiyo Magazine Award; Solar Award;
    1978: Ina Nobuo Award for his work about Hiroshima and the aftermath of the atomic bomb;
    2008: Domon Ken Award;
Exhibitions
  • 2007: 'Hiromi Tsuchida's Japan. Retrospective, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography;