Akihide Tamura - Light of Dreams

While studying at Tokyo College of Photography, Tamura Akihide's talent was recognized by the school's principal and photography critic, Shigematsu Koen, and he exhibited his "House" series at the "New Japanese Photography" exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1974. This work was then added to the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Tamura established himself as a leading Japanese photographer in his twenties.

This 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approximately 100 works, including his debut work "BASE," which photographed a U.S. military base in Japan, as well as unpublished works, and examines Tamura's photographic world, which has not faded with the passage of time.

〈Included works〉
・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 and Jinichi Murakami (editors), Satoru Machiguchi and Nao Takano (MATCH and Company Co., Ltd.)
[ISBN] 978-4-8179-2136-9
[Condition] Used Good
[Accessories] Obi
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[Related Exhibition] 2012 Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo)

Akihide Tamura (1947-)

Born in Tokyo in 1947. Real name: Shigeru.
Graduated from the Graduate School of Tokyo College of Photography in 1969.
1974 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 photo book "TAMURA PHOTOGRAPHS."
He was in charge of stills on the set of "Kagemusha," "Ran," "Yume," and "Rhapsody in August," and was highly praised by 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 institutions.