Kiyoshi Koishi

Who was Kiyoshi Koishi?

Kiyoshi Koishi was one of the most prominent Japanese photographers in the first half of the 20th century.

He was born in Osaka and became a member of Naniwa Shashin Club in 1928.

In 1933 he published the monograph Shoka Shinkei, one of the most important works for Japanese modernist photography. In this work, he used many photographic techniques such as photomontage and photograms and succeeded in creating surrealistic images.

From 1938, he worked for the Japanese government in the magazine Shashin Shūhō. And he became a war photographer of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Therefore, he was no longer able to produce avant-garde photo.

After WWII, he continued to take many photographs. But tragically, he couldn't leave the works from the effects of restricted activity due to the war. In 1957, Koishi died by accident fall on the station platform in Moji, Fukuoka Prefecture .