Akihiko Okamura
Akihiko Okamura was a Japanese photographer.
Akihiko Okamura
- Born
- 1929 · Tokyo.
- Died
- 1985
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Occupation
- photographer · journalist
- Education
- Tokyo Medical University
- Languages
- Japanese
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Okamura was a war photographer, in the first years of the Vietnam War, as well as in conflict zones in Ethiopia, Biafra, and Northern Ireland.
Solo exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
• Akihiko Okamura: All About Life and Death, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, July–September 2014 • Akihiko Okamura: The Memories of Others, Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, 11 April – 6 July 2024
Group exhibitions
Group exhibitions
• Strange and Familiar, Barbican Centre, London, March–June 2016
Publications
• All About Life and Death. Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 2014.. • The Memories of Others. Prestel, 2024..
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- “Akihiko Okamura”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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• Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000.. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.
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