| Dates: | 1889, 12 February - 1964, 14 August | | Born: | Japan, Urawa, nr Tokyo | | Active: | Japan | | Gender: | Male |
Very influential Japanese photographer and painter. Originally a pictorialist his style changed to take into account changing fashions and interests throughout his life.Preparing biographies | | Portraits
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| Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. | | Go to website | Grove Art Online (www.groveart.com) has a biography of this artist.
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The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers. |
| "...if an artist fails to weave his intent and feelings into his art it will remain stillborn." | | "In the final image a portrait does not bring out the individuality of the subject, but rather the individuality of the photographer... the emotional tone [the photograph] expresses is that of the character of the artist." | | "What they call art photography is nothing more than a catalog of the absentminded, the vague, the falsely significant or deep, the diluted, and the weak. They are therefore not the qualities the age demands." |
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