Hiroshi Yamazaki

For the Japanese Olympic weightlifter, see Hiroshi Yamazaki (weightlifter).

Hiroshi Yamazaki (Japanese: 山崎 博, Hepburn: Yamazaki Hiroshi, 21 September 1946 – 5 June 2017)[citation needed] was a Japanese photographer whose works concentrate on the sun and the sea.

Born in Nagano on 21 September 1946, Yamazaki studied at Nihon University but dropped out in 1968, starting out as a freelance cameraman a year later, working in both still photography and 16mm film.[1]

Yamazaki is best known for two series. "Heliography"[2] uses long exposures to show the path of the sun near the horizon. "Horizon" (Suiheisen saishū) is a study of sea horizons.[1]

Yamazaki won the 26th Ina Nobuo Award in 2001.[3]

Yamazaki became a full professor at Tohoku University of Art and Design in 1993,[1] and also taught at Musashino Art University[4] and TPO Photo School.[5]

He died on 5 June 2017 of cancer of the gums.[6]

  1. ^ a b c Hiromi Nakamura (中村浩美), "Yamazaki Hiroshi" (山崎博), Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ISBN 4-473-01750-8), p. 318 (despite its alternative title in English, the book is in Japanese only).
  2. ^ In Japanese heriogurafī, both being borrowings from the héliographie of Nicéphore Niépce.
  3. ^ Page about the 2001 award, Nikon. Accessed 8 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Yamazaki's CV". Archived from the original on May 28, 2008. Retrieved 2006-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) at Musashino Art University (May 2008)
  5. ^ Yamazaki's CV at TPO Photo School.
  6. ^ "写真家の山崎博さん死去". 時事ドットコム (in Japanese). Jiji Press. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.