- Akira Satō
was a
Japan esephotographer noted for his photographs of girls and of Europe.Satō was born on
30 July 1930 inTokyo . While a student of economics atYokohama National University he was an avid reader of "Life" and other photographic and fashion magazines at the American CIE library inHibiya . He graduated in 1953 and one year later became a freelance photographer, specializing in fashion. From around 1956 he was caught up with new trends in photography, and he participated in the 1957 exhibition "Jūnin no me" (nihongo2|10人の眼, Eyes of ten), subsequently joining the collective "Vivo".Satō had a series of one-man shows starting in 1961, alongside publications within the camera magazines. He specialized in black and white photographs of girls: their faces in close-up, their bodies surrounded by nature.
In 1963 Satō went to the US and then Europe; he returned to Japan in 1965. Thereafter he made many trips to Europe, particularly Scandinavia and Vienna, primarily photographing in color.
Satō died on
2 April 2002 .Books of Satō's photographs
*"Onna" (nihongo2|女). Tokyo: Chūōkoronsha, 1971.
*"Hokuō sanpo" (nihongo2|北欧散歩). Alpha Art, 1977.
*"Wīn gensō" (nihongo2|ウィーン幻想) / "Wien." Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1989. ISBN 4-582-27720-9.
*"Sai: Satō Akira Toshima-ku o toru" (nihongo2|彩：佐藤明豊島区を撮る). Tokyo: Toshima-ku, 1991. A booklet.
*"Barokku anatomia" (nihongo2|バロック・アナトミア) / "Anatomia Barocca." Tokyo: Treville, 1994. ISBN 4-8457-0947-3.
*"Firentse" (nihongo2|フィレンツェ) / "Firenze." Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1997. ISBN 4-06-208969-6.
*"Onna, soshite, byakuya" (nihongo2|おんな・そして・白夜) / "Eves and White Nights." Tokyo: Nikkor Club, 1998. Black and white photographs of girls, color photographs of Scandinavia.
*ja icon "Puraha" (nihongo2|プラハ) / "Praha." Tokyo: Shinchōsha, 2003. ISBN 4-10-459201-3. A posthumous collection of black and white photographs.Other books with works by Satō
*"Nihon shashin no tenkan: 1960 nendai no hyōgen" (nihongo2|日本写真の転換：1960時代の表現) / "Innovation in Japanese Photography in the 1960s." Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 1991. Exhibition catalogue, text in Japanese and English. PP.62–67 are devoted to Satō's photographs of girls.
References
*"Nihon shashinka jiten" (nihongo2|日本写真家事典) / "328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers." Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8.
External links
*ja icon [http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/book/459201/ Publisher's page for "Praha"]
*ja icon [http://www.fukkan.com/fk/CartSearchDetail?i_no=39511684 Publisher's page for "Baroque Anatomia"]
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