Kiyoshi Koishi

__NOTOC__ nihongo|Kiyoshi Koishi|小石 清|Koishi Kiyoshi (March 26, 1908 - July 7, 1957) 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 (浪華写真倶楽部, Naniwa Photography Club) in the 1920s.

In 1933 he published the monograph "Shoka Shinkei" (初夏神経, "Early Summer Nerves"), one of the most important works for Japanese modernist photography ("Shinkō Shashin", 新興写真). 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" (写真週報, "Photo Weekly").

After WWII, he continued to take many photographs until his early death.

Exhibition in Japan

*Kiyoshi Koishi and Naniwa Shashin Club (小石清と浪華写真倶楽部展) at Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (兵庫県立近代美術館) and Seibu Contemporary Art Gallery (西武百貨店コンテンポラリーアートギャラリー), 1988

References and further reading

*Kaneko Ryūichi. "Modern Photography in Japan 1915-1940." San Francisco: Friends of Photography, 2001. ISBN 0-933286-74-0
*ja icon Koishi Kiyoshi. "Shoka Shinkei" (初夏神経, Early Summer Nerves, 1933. Republished by Kokushokankōkai in 2005 with short English commentary. ISBN 4-336-04485-6
*ja icon Exhibition Catalogue for "Kiyoshi Koishi and Naniwa Shashin Club" (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art and Seibu Contemporary Art Gallery, 1988) (no ISBN)
*ja icon "Koishi Kiyoshi to zen'ei shashin" (小石清と前衛写真, "Kiyoshi Koishi and avant-garde photography"). Nihon no Shashinka (日本の写真家), vol. 15. Tokyo: Iwanami, 1999. ISBN 4-00-008355-4
*Tucker, Anne Wilkes, et al. "The History of Japanese Photography." New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-300-09925-8

See also

*photography
*List of photographers