Shigeru Tamura

He studied photography at the Oriental School of Photography (Orientaru Shashin Gakkō); graduating in 1929. He was highly successful as a fashion photographer, notably in work for the magazine Fujin Gahō from 1937. Together with Ken Domon, Hiroshi Hamaya, and other photographers, Tamura helped found the Young People's Photojournalism Research Society (Seinen Hōdō Shashin Kenkyūkai) in 1938 with the support of Photo Times. Tamura emerged from the war as a photographer of social issues in Japan, approaching them from a pacifist and left-wing angle. He also traveled, producing books on the Arab world and North Vietnam. In 1963 he set up the Japan Realist Photographers Association (Nihon Riarizumu Shashin Shūdan). In the 1970s Tamura documented the topography and cultural patrimony of Japan. He died in 1987.

• Name — Shigeru Tamura • Native Name — 田村茂 • Birth Name — 田村寅重 • Born — 28 February 1909 • Birthplace —, Sapporo, Hokkaido • Died — 16 December 1987 • Known for — creator of the portrait of Osamu Dazai • Occupation — photojournalist

• Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. • Shashinka 100-nin: Kao to sakuhin / 100 photographers, profiles and photographs. Special 20th anniversary supplement to Camera Mainichi, 1974. • Shigeru Tamura at PhotoGuide Japan