was a Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 amateur photographer.

Shiomi joined the Tampei Photography Club

Tampei Photography Club

The was a group based in Osaka from 1930 until 1941 that promoted avant-garde and, toward the end, socially concerned photography.The group was founded around the photographer Bizan Ueda, among photographers who bought their supplies from the Tampei Pharmacy in Shinsaibashi, Osaka...

 in 1948, and thereafter joined two other photography groups while also exhibiting in the Nikakai Photography Section. At the start she tended to abstraction; in the late 1950s she moved toward realism in depicting what she saw in her everyday life; in the 1960s she moved back to abstraction.

Shiomi is particularly highly praised for her compositions and delicate use of monochrome.

Shiomi's works are held in the permanent collection of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

The is an art museum focused on photography. The museum was founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and is located in Meguro-ku, a short walk from Ebisu station in southwest Tokyo...

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Publication

• Shiomi, Mieko. Shiosai: Mieko Shiomi Photo Works. [Takarazuka]: [Mieko Shiomi], 1964. A book of black and white photographs taken 1949–1963; no captions and almost no other text.