While studying at Tokyo College of Photography, Akihide Tamura's talent was recognized by the school's principal and photography critic Koen Shigematsu, and he exhibited his "House" series at the "New Japanese Photography" exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1974. The series was included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Tamura has been active as one of Japan's leading photographers since his 20s.
The exhibition catalog traces the trajectory of Tamura's creative career through approximately 100 works, including his debut work "BASE," which photographed a U.S. military base in Japan, as well as unpublished works, and examines Tamura's photographic world, which has not faded with the passage of time.
〈Works included〉
・BASE ・House ・Road ・Afternoon ・Gulf ・Red Sun ・For the Nameless Landscape ・BASE 2005-2012
[Title] Light of Dreams
[Publisher] Nippon Camera Co., Ltd.
[Publication date] August 2012
[Number of pages] Unpaginated
[Size] Approx. 25 x 21 x 1.6 cm / 0.604 kg
[Format] Softcover
[Title reading] Dream Light
[Authors/Editors] Akihide Tamura/Author, Kazuko Sekiji (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)/Planning, Kazuaki Maeda & Jinichi Murakami/Editors, Satoru Machiguchi & Nao Takano (MATCH and Company Co., Ltd.)
[ISBN] 978-4-8179-2136-9
[Condition] Used Good
[Accessories] Obi
[Books featured]
[Related Exhibition] 2012 Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo)
Akihide Tamura
Born in Tokyo in 1947. Real name: Shigeru.
Graduated from Tokyo College of Photography in 1969.
In 1974, he participated in the "New Japanese Photography" exhibition (MoMA, New York) and the "15 Photographers" exhibition (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo).
In 1984, he won the Newcomer Award from the Photographic Society of Japan for his photobook "TAMURA PHOTOGRAPHS."
He was responsible for stills on the set of "Kagemusha," "Ran," "Dreams," and "Rhapsody in August," and earned high praise from director Akira Kurosawa.
While working as a photographer for magazines and advertisements, he also devotes himself to photography education, teaching at Tokyo College of Photography and other schools.
