Hiroshi Suga
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Suga was born in Hakata
, Fukuoka Prefecture
, in 1945. He graduated in photography from Nihon University
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He won the Domon Ken Award
in 1987 for photographs of Bali
and the Higashikawa Domestic Photographers Award
in 1998 for photographs of Burma. He has been a professor at Nihon University.
Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is best known as the location of Fukuoka's main train station, Hakata Station.-Geography:...
, Fukuoka Prefecture
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyūshū Island. The capital is the city of Fukuoka.- History :Fukuoka Prefecture includes the former provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, and Buzen....
, in 1945. He graduated in photography from Nihon University
Nihon University
Nihon University is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School in October 1889....
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He won the Domon Ken Award
Domon Ken Award
The Domon Ken Award is one of Japan's most celebrated photographic awards.The award was started in 1981 by the Mainichi Newspapers to mark the 110th birthday of the Mainichi Shimbun, its daily newspaper and main publication, in honor of the photographer Ken Domon...
in 1987 for photographs of Bali
Bali
Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...
and the Higashikawa Domestic Photographers Award
Higashikawa Prize
The has been awarded to photographers by the "Phototown" of Higashikawa, Hokkaidō since 1985. The Overseas and Domestic Photographer prizesare of 500,000 yen and the New Photographer and Special prizes are of 300,000 yen....
in 1998 for photographs of Burma. He has been a professor at Nihon University.
Books by Suga
- Makai, tenkai, fujigikai, Bari . Tokyo: Kodansha, 1983. ISBN 4-06-200538-7. Photographs of BaliBaliBali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...
. - Bari miwaku: Suga Hiroshi sakuhinshū . Tokyo: Genkō-sha. ISBN 476830026X. Text by Morio Kitahara . Photographs of Bali.
- Ajia mugen-kō: Suga Hiroshi sakuhinshū / Strides Across Images of Asia. Photo Salon. Tokyo: Genkō-sha, 1987. ISBN 4-7683-0004-9.
- Dai-Nikkō: Suga Hiroshi shashinshū . Tokyo: Kodansha, 1991. ISBN 4-06-204888-4. Photographs of Nikkō.
- Hakata Gion Yamagasa . Fukuoka: Kaichōsha, 1995. ISBN 4-87415-114-0.
- Etsunan saisai . Ajia Minzoku Shashin Sōsho 17. Tokyo: Hirakawa Shuppansha, 1996. ISBN 4-89203-278-6. Photographs of VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. - Myanmā ōgon: Suga Hiroshi shashin . Tokyo: Tōhō-shuppan, 1997. ISBN 4-88591-546-5. Photographs of Burma.
- Unnan no suito Reikō: Suga Hiroshi shashinshū . Tokyo: Tōhō-shuppan, 2000. ISBN 4-88591-656-9. Photographs of Lijiang, YunnanYunnanYunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
. - Bari-tō dai-hyakka . Tokyo: TBS Britannica, 2001. ISBN 4-484-01404-1. Photographs of BaliBaliBali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...
. - Mekon 4525km . Tokyo: Jitsugyō-no-Nihon-sha, 2002. ISBN 4-408-01714-0. Photographs along the MekongMekongThe Mekong is a river that runs through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is the world's 10th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annually....
. - Kyō no katadomari . Tokyo: Futabasha, 2004. ISBN 4575476277. Photographs of KyotoKyotois a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
. - Suga Hiroshi ... Amami: Shima ni ikite . Tokyo: Shinchosha, 2007. ISBN 978-4-10-305901-1. Photographs of Amami ŌshimaAmami Oshimais a semi-tropical island in the Amami Islands, which is part of the larger Nansei Islands in Japan. Ōshima literally means big island, and it is the largest of the Amami Islands. It lies roughly halfway between the islands of Okinawa and Kyūshū. Briefly part of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, in 1624 it was...
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Other books with contributions by Suga
- Hakata Gion Yamagasa . Tokyo: Kodansha, 1983. ISBN 4-06-200166-7. Text by Hōsei Hasegawa . Photographs of FukuokaFukuokaFukuoka most often refers to the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture.It can also refer to:-Locations:* Fukuoka, Gifu, a town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan* Fukuoka, Toyama, a town in Toyama Prefecture, Japan...
. - Matsuri to geinō no shima Bali . Music Gallery 3. Tokyo: Ongaku-no-tomo-sha, 1984. ISBN 4-276-38003-0. Text by Fumiko Tamura and Teigo Yoshida . Photographs of BaliBaliBali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...
. - Bari: Chō-mugen-kai . Tokyo: Ōbunsha, 1987. ISBN 4-01-070752-6. Translation of Bali Entranced, with essays by Lyall WatsonLyall WatsonLyall Watson was a South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist, and author of many new age books, among the most popular of which is the best seller Supernature. Lyall Watson tried to make sense of natural and supernatural phenomena in biological terms...
. Photographs of Bali. - Ajia gensō: Mōmu o tabi suru . Tokyo: Kodansha, 1989. ISBN 4-06-204366-1. Text by Tomomi Muramatsu . Travels across Asia following William Somerset Maugham.
- Shanhai suigan . Tokyo: Kodansha. ISBN 4061836080. Text by Tomomi Muramatsu. Photographs of ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
. - Chiisa na tomodachi: Shakashū . Tokyo: Kodansha, 1996. ISBN 4062663511. With tankaTankaTanka may refer to:* Tanka, a form of Japanese waka * Tanka prose, a literary genre which combines tanka poems and prose* Thangka, a pictorial representation in Tibetan Buddhism...
by Machi TawaraMachi Tawarais a contemporary Japanese writer, translator and poet.Tawara is most famous as a contemporary poet. She is credited with revitalizing the tanka for modern Japanese audiences...
. - Madamu ajian no yasashii gohan . Tokyo: Kōsaidō Shuppan, 2001. ISBN 433150767X. Text by Keiko Moriwaki .
- Kusa o hamu: Kyōto "Nakahigashi" no shiki . Tokyo: President-sha, 2002. ISBN 4-8334-1755-3. Text by Hisashi Kashiwai . On Japanese food in KyotoKyotois a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
. - Uchidate Machiko no gyōten Chūgoku . Tokyo: JTB, 2003. ISBN 4533048560. Text by Machiko Uchidate .
- Kore tabe! . Tokyo: Shinchosha, 2003. ISBN 4-10-446203-9. About restaurants in Tokyo. Text by Masahiko KatsuyaMasahiko Katsuyais a Japanese columnist, photographer, and pundit. After failing the entrance exams for the University of Tokyo and the University of Tsukuba, Katsuya entered Waseda University in 1980. He started working for an editor of Bungeishunjū after graduating from the University in 1985.- External links :*...
. - Masahiro no Tōkyō zubari hyakken . Tokyo: Jitsugyō-no-Nihon-sha, 2007. ISBN 978-4-408-00818-9. About restaurants in Tokyo. Text by Masahiro Yamamoto .
- Kizzu fotogurafāzu no mōgakkō no 23-nin ga totta! . Tokyo: Shinchosha, 2008. ISBN 978-4-10-305902-8. Photographs by blind schoolchildren, edited by Suga.
- Sushi: Sukiyabashi Jirō: Bi, shoku, waza . Tokyo: Graphic-sha, 2009. ISBN 978-4-7661-2064-6. Also titled Sushi . Text by the sushi chef Jirō Ono , edited by Masahiro Yamamoto.
- Dāisuki na mono pachiri! Fotoarubamu-ehon . Tokyo: Nihon Hyōjun, 2009. ISBN 978-4-8208-0418-5. Photographs by blind schoolchildren, edited by Suga.
- Kikoerukai mori no koe: Afan no mori suga hiroshi shashinshū . Tokyo: Studio Debo, 2009. ISBN 4270004711. Text by C. W. NicolC. W. NicolClive Williams Nicol, MBE is a Welsh writer and actor and a long-time resident and citizen of Japan.-Biography:C.W. Nicol was born in Neath, Wales, and from a young age expressed an interest in wildlife and the environment....
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