- Toshio Yamane
__NOTOC__nihongo|Toshio Yamane|山根 敏郎|Yamane Toshio|born 1953 is a
Japan esephotographer known for his depictions of the juxtaposition of man-made structures on natural topography.Yamane was born on
29 June 1953 in what is now Iwaki,Fukushima Prefecture , Japan. He studied German literature atSophia University , graduating in 1977 and thereafter working at Asahi Shinbunsha (the publisher of "Asahi Shimbun ") until 1988, when he went freelance.Yamane's color photographs of the waterfront of
Tokyo Bay , taken on 4×5 film, [Kōtarō Iizawa , review of "Front," in "Shashinshū o yomu: Besuto 338 kanzen gaido," p.214.] were exhibited at theNikon Salon in 1986 andGallery Min in 1989, and published in book form as "Front" in 1991. The book won Yamane a newcomer's prize in the 42nd PSJ awards in 1992. [ [http://www.psj.or.jp/psjaward/all.html Past PSJ awards] , PSJ. ja icon]Yamane's photographs were exhibited with those by
Yūji Saiga ,Naoya Hatakeyama andNorio Kobayashi in an exhibition, "Land of Paradox," that travelled around the US in 1996–97. [Specifically, toPhotographic Resource Center , Boston;Ansel Adams Center for Photography , San Francisco;Southeast Museum of Photography , Daytona Beach;Halsey Gallery , College of Charleston;Chrysler Museum , Norfolk. Janet Koplos, " [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19223719.html Through a Japanese Viewfinder] ", "Art in America,"1 March 1997 . A review of the exhibition "Land of Paradox."]Books
*Ashiya City Museum of Art and History (nihongo2|芦屋市立美術館, "Ashiya-shi Bijutsukan"). "Rando obu paradokkusu" {nihongo2|ランド・オブ・パラドックス) / "Land of Paradox." Kyoto: Tankōsha, 1997. ISBN 4-473-01549-1.
*"Front." Tokyo: Jōhō Sentā Shuppankyoku, 1991. ISBN 4-7958-0563-6. Devoted to Yamane's works.
*Fuku, Noriko, ed. "Land of paradox: Yuji Saiga, Naoya Hatakeyama, Norio Kobayashi, Toshio Yamane." Daytona Beach, Fla: Daytona Beach Community College, 1996. ISBN 1887040161. Catalogue of the exhibition as held in the US.Notes
References
*"Shashinshū o yomu: Besuto 338 kanzen gaido" (nihongo2|写真集を読む:ベスト338完全ガイド, Reading photobooks: A complete guide to the best 338). Tokyo: Metarōgu, 1997. ISBN 4-8398-2010-4. ja icon
*"Yamane Toshio" (nihongo2|山根敏郎). "Nihon shashinka jiten" (nihongo2|日本写真家事典) / "328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers." Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. P.321. ja icon Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.
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