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is a Japanese photographer of the man-made environment, particularly sheds, alleys and night scenes. ==Life and career== Nakazato was born in Taki, Mie Prefecture, Japan.〔(Workshop announcement ), Mie Prefectural Art Museum, 2009. Accessed 2010-09-03.〕 When young he enjoyed painting, and he joined a painting club in Hosei University (Tokyo),〔Katsuhito Nakazato, "Jisaku o kataru 1983–2010" (), in ''Fūkei no kyōkai 1983–2010'' () / ''Boundary in Landscape'' (Ichikawa: Ichikawa-shi Bunka Shinkō Zaidan, 2010). Exhibition catalogue.〕 from which he graduated in Geography.〔(Exhibition notice ) for "Boundary in Landscape", Tekona, 2010. Accessed 2010-09-02.〕 It was only when he was 25 that he first had any interest in photography, thinking that a SLR camera his grandmother had bought for him really ought to get some use,〔 and enrolling in a photography class for the public that happened to be taught by Kazuo Kitai, whose teaching he found enormously stimulating.〔"Kaijō-zukuri kara koya-zukuri made: Ekkyō suru shashinka no atamano naka" (), ''Un'yūtenga'' () / ''Unyūtenga'', no. 103 (August 2010; ISBN 978-4-89492-162-7), pp. 4–17. An interview with Nandarō Ayashige ().〕 The classes were held once a week for two months, and Nakazato took seriously Kitai's casual answer that yes, he might be able to make it as a photographer.〔Kazuo Kitai, "Nakazato Katsuhito ga shashinka ni natta hi" (), in ''Fūkei no kyōkai 1983–2010'' / ''Boundary in Landscape.''〕 Nakazato would continue to meet Kitai once a month for two years thereafter.〔 Throughout this time Nakazato was supporting himself via as series of jobs that he disliked, and at 28 he determined that although the prospects of a good income looked bleak, he would indeed be a professional photographer as there was nothing other than photography that he wanted to do.〔 He started with little skill or confidence (as he recalls) in editorial work for magazines, but gradually got into his stride and work picked up.〔 Nakazato's first photobook, published in 1991, is a portrayal of life on the "man-made wilderness" on the edges of Tokyo Bay, during its rapid changes before the construction of Makuhari Messe. The portraits (as well as the use of monochrome) make this book unusual among Nakazato's works, but it is highly regarded.〔Entry for ''Wangan gen'ya'', ''Shashinshū o yomu: Besuto 338 kanzen gaido'' (, Reading photobooks: A complete guide to the best 338; Tokyo: Metarōgu, 1997; ISBN 4-8398-2010-4), 191. 〕 His subsequent work has been in colour, with one entire book (as well as major contributions to others) of photographs of sheds,〔The relevant photographs have appeared in several books with the word ''koya'' () — on occasion ''goya'' (thanks to ''rendaku'') — within their titles. The literal meaning of ''koya'' is close to "small house" and its actual meaning encompasses "hut" as well as "shed". "Sheds" is used in this article as shorthand for "sheds (and huts)".〕 books of photographs of dusk and night scenes in and near Tokyo done in collaboration with the writer Jun Nakano, and more. In 2001, Nakazato was invited to participate in a crafts event in Ichikawa (Chiba), and, as a renowned photographer of sheds, quickly agreed to construct a shed, a job for which he had no experience. With the help of an architecture student from Waseda University, he was successful in what turned out to be the first of a series of sheds.〔 Nakazato won the Society of Photography Award in 2003 for his book ''De Chirico's Shadow''〔(List of awards 1999–2008 ), Society of Photography. Accessed 2010-08-03.〕 and the Photo City Sagamihara newcomer's award in 2005 for his book ''Roji: Wandering Back Alleys.''〔(Photo City Sagamihara 2005 awards ), Photo City Sagamihara. Accessed 2010-08-03.〕 Nakazato is a professor at Tokyo Zokei University.〔(Profile ) at Tokyo Zokei University. Accessed 2010-09-02.〕 He also teaches various workshops elsewhere.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katsuhito Nakazato」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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