Toshio Yamane
Toshio Yamane is a Japanese photographer known for his depictions of the juxtaposition of man-made structures on natural topography.
Toshio Yamane
- Born
- 1953 · Fukushima Prefecture.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- Japanese
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Toshio Yamane is a Japanese photographer known for his depictions of the juxtaposition of man-made structures on natural topography.
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Early life
Yamane was born on 29 June 1953 in what is now Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. He studied German literature at Sophia University, graduating in 1977 and thereafter working at Asahi Shinbunsha (the publisher of Asahi Shimbun) until 1988, when he went freelance.
Career
Career
Yamane's color photographs of the waterfront of Tokyo Bay, taken on 4×5 film, were exhibited at the Nikon Salon in 1986 and Gallery Min in 1989, and published in book form as Front in 1991. The book won Yamane a newcomer's prize in the 42nd PSJ awards in 1992. Yamane's photographs were exhibited with those by Yūji Saiga, Naoya Hatakeyama and Norio Kobayashi in an exhibition, Land of Paradox, that travelled around the US in 1996–97.
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1953
Toshio Yamane born at Fukushima Prefecture.
Books
• Ashiya City Museum of Art and History (Ashiya-shi Bijutsukan). Rando obu paradokkusu / Land of Paradox. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 1997.. • Front. Tokyo: Jōhō Sentā Shuppankyoku, 1991.. Devoted to Yamane's works. • Fuku, Noriko, ed. Land of paradox: Yuji Saiga, Naoya Hatakeyama, Norio Kobayashi, Toshio Yamane. Daytona Beach, Fla: Daytona Beach Community College, 1996.. Catalogue of the exhibition as held in the US.
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