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was a Japanese photographer. Born in Nagoya in 1930, Tōmatsu studied economics at Aichi University, graduating in 1954. While still a student, he had his photographs published by the major Japanese photography magazines. He entered Iwanami and worked on the series Iwanami Shashin Bunko. Two years later, he left in order to freelance. In 1959, Tōmatsu formed Vivo with Eikoh Hosoe and Ikkō Narahara. Two years later, his and Ken Domon's book ''Hiroshima–Nagasaki Document 1961,'' on the effects of the atomic bombs, was published to great acclaim. In 1972, he moved to Okinawa; in 1975, his prizewinning book of photographs of Okinawa, ''Pencil of the Sun'' (, ''Taiyō no enpitsu'') was published. Tōmatsu moved to Nagasaki in 1998. Tōmatsu died in Naha (Okinawa) on 14 December 2012 (although this was not publicly announced until January 2013).〔(), ''Asahi Shinbun,'' 7 January 2013.〕 ==Exhibitions== Tōmatsu has had various retrospectives, both within Japan and abroad. In the early years of the new century he embarked on a new and comprehensive series of retrospectives, dividing his oeuvre into five "mandalas" of place: *Nagasaki Mandala (Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, 2000) *Okinawa Mandala (Urasoe Art Museum, 2002) *Kyo Mandala (Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art, 2003) *Aichi Mandala (Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, 2006) *Tokyo Mandala (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 2007) ''Shomei Tomatsu: Skin of the Nation,'' a retrospective, was organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and curated by Sandra Phillips and the photographer and writer Leo Rubinfien. The exhibition toured internationally from 2004 through 2006: Japan Society, New York (September 2004 – January 2005), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (January – April), Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, D.C. (May – August), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (February–May 2006), Fotomuseum Winterthur (September–November 2006). Other recent exhibitions include: *''Shomei Tomatsu: Ravages of Time'' (September–October 2001) Tepper Takayama Fine Arts (Boston) *''Myths and Games: Milton Montenegro, Daido Moriyama, Hiromi Tsuchida and Others'' (June–July 2004) Tepper Takayama Fine Arts (Boston) *''Poli Sci'' (September–November 2004) Tepper Takayama Fine Arts (Boston) *''Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art: Selections from the Collection of Julia J. Norrell'' (October 2004 – January 2005) Corcoran Museum of Art (Washington, DC) *''Festivals and Rituals'' (November 2004 – January 2005) Tepper Takayama Fine Arts (Boston) *''Color/Generations: Shomei Tomatsu, Cassio Vasconcellos, Yoshi Abe and others'' (March–April 2005) Tepper Takayama Fine Arts (Boston) *''Saints and Sinners:: Images and Books'' November–December 2006, Tepper Takayama Fine Arts (Boston) *''Island Life'' (September 14, 2013 – January 12, 2014), The Art Institute of Chicago (Galleries 188–189) 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「Shōmei Tōmatsu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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