Shōmei Tōmatsu

Photographer, Visual Artist

1930 –

14

Who is Shōmei Tōmatsu?

Shōmei Tōmatsu was a Japanese photographer.

Born Teruaki Tōmatsu in Nagoya in 1930, Tōmatsu studied economics at Aichi University, graduating in 1954. While still a student, he had his photographs published by the major Japanese photography magazines. He entered Iwanami and worked on the series Iwanami Shashin Bunko. Two years later, he left in order to freelance.

In 1959, Tōmatsu formed Vivo with Eikoh Hosoe and Ikkō Narahara. Two years later, his and Ken Domon's book Hiroshima–Nagasaki Document 1961, on the effects of the atomic bombs, was published to great acclaim.

In 1972, he moved to Okinawa; in 1975, his prizewinning book of photographs of Okinawa, Pencil of the Sun was published.

Tōmatsu moved to Nagasaki in 1998.

Tōmatsu died in Naha on 14 December 2012.

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Born
Jan 16, 1930
Nagoya
Also known as
  • Shomei Tomatsu
Profession
Education
  • Aichi University

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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