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Born
in Fukuoka Prefecture, 1931. Graduated from Chuo
University, B.A. in La w, 1954. M.A. in Art History,
Waseda University, 1959. Organized "VIVO" phot ographers
agency with E.Hosoe, S.Tomatsu, K.Kawada, and others,
1959.
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| Awards |
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Most
Promising Photographer Award, Japan Photo Critics
Association (1 958), Photographer of the Year Award,
Japan Photo Critics Association (1967) , Ministry
of EducationÉÜs Art Encouragement through the Selection
of Excelle nce Award (1968), Annual Award, The Photographic
Society of Japan (1986), Do mestic Artist Prize,
Higashikawa Award, Higashikawa International Photograph
y Festival (1987), Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon
from the Government of Japan (1996)
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| Selected One-person Exhibitions |
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"Where Time Has Vanished 1970-1974",
P.G.I. (1998), "Pocket Tokyo 1992-1997", Konica
Plaza, Tokyo (1997), "Pocket Tokyo" and "Tokyo Skyline",
Konica Plaza, Tokyo (1995), "Fifteen Thousand Nights
", Plaza Gallery, Tokyo(1994), "Broadway" and "Rebirth",
P.G.I. (1991), "Bergam o", Unac Salon, Tokyo (1989),
"Human Land 1954-1957", P.G.I. (1987), "Statel ess
Land", Unac Salon, Tokyo (1987), "Stellar Memories",
Parco Gallery, Toky o (1987), "Venezia", Printemps
Ginza, Tokyo (1987), "Digital City", Nikon Sa lon,
Tokyo (1986), "Humanscape", Yurakucho Asahi Gallery,
Tokyo (1985), "Lum inous City: Venezia", Nikon Salon,
Tokyo (1983), "Aerial Perspective", Seibu Contemporary
Art Gallery, Tokyo (1983), "Ikko Narahara", Photographers'
Gall ery, London (1981), "Light and Waves", Maruzen
Gallery, Tokyo (1980), "Light in Venezia", Nikon
Salon, Tokyo (1980), "Piazza San Marco", Wako Hall,
Tokyo (1979), "Journey to a Land So Near and Yet
So Far", Nikon Salon, Tokyo (1979 ), "Broadway 1973-1974",
Iida Gallery, Tokyo (1977), "Ikko", Light Gallery,
New York (1975), "Where Time Has Stopped", Shadai
Gallery, Tokyo (1975), "Ik ko's America", Nikon
Salon, Tokyo (1974), "Ikko", International Museum
of Ph otography at George Eastman House, Rochester
(1973), "Celebration of Life", Seibu Department
Store, Shibuya, Tokyo (1972), "Espana Gran Tarde",
Fuji Pho to Salon, Tokyo (1965), "Blue Yokohama",
Gekko Gallery, Tokyo (1960), "Land of Chaos", Fuji
Photo Salon, Tokyo (1960), "Image of Castle", Marunouchi
Gal lery, Tokyo (1959), "Domains", Fuji Photo Salon,
Tokyo (1958), "Man and His Land", Matsushima Gallery,
Tokyo (1956)
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| Selected Group Exhibitions |
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"Master Works, Master Photographers",
Tokyo Metro politan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
(1999), "Exploring Photography: From th e Museum
Collection", National Film Center, The National
Museum of Modern Ar t, Tokyo (1999), "Realism in
Postwar Japan 1945-1960", Nagoya City Art Museu
m, Nagoya (1998), "1953 Shedding Light on Art in
Japan", Meguro Museum of Ar t, Tokyo (1996), "Tokyo
/ City of Photos", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of
Phot ography, Tokyo (1995), "Japanese Culture: The
Fifty Postwar Years", Meguro M useum of Art, Tokyo
(1995), "Reflection of Venice", The Art Museum,
Princeto n University, Princeton (1994), "Quest
For the Moon", Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
(1994), "Photographers Who Created A New Age 1960s-70s",
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
(1993), "54 Master Photographers o f 1960-1979",
International Center of Photography, New York (1991),
"Innovat ion in Japanese Photography in the 1960s",
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
(1991), "Photographs in Japan 1955-1965", Yamaguchi
Prefectur al Museum of Art, Yamaguchi (1991), "Venice",
New Church Museum, Amsterdam ( 1991), "Tokyo - TOKYO",
Yurakucho-Seibu Art Forum, Tokyo (1990), "Internatio
nal View Point", Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
(1990), "Eight Japanes e Photographers", P.G.I.
(1988), "Houston and the Rodeo" at the Foto Fest,
H ouston (1986), "1910-1970 Japon des Avant-Gardes",
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1986), "Japan: A
Self-Portrait", International Center of Photography,
New York (1979), "VIVO: Contemporary Photography",
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara (1978),
"Neue Fotografie aus Japan", Kulturhaus der Stadt,
Graz (1976), "New Japanese Photography", Museum
of Modern Art, New York (197 4), "Ten Artists in
Contemporary Japanese Photography", Museum of Modern
Art , Tokyo (1966), "Contemporary Japanese Photography",
Museum of Modern Art, T okyo (1960), "The Eyes of
10", Konishiroku Photo Gallery, Tokyo (1957, 1958
and 1959)
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| Public Collections |
| National Museum
of Modern Art, Tokyo; Tokyo MetropolitanMuseum of Photography,
Tokyo; Museum of Modern Art, New York U.S.A.; Art Institute
of Chicago, Chicago U.S.A.; Nihon University, Tokyo |
| Publication |
| Ikko Narahara:
(Japanese photographers 31) Iwanami Shoten, Toky o (1997),
Pocket Tokyo, Creo, Tokyo (1997), Tokyo, the '50s, Mole,
Tokyo (19 96), Where Time Has Vanished 1970-1974, Creo,
Tokyo (1995), Ku-Emptiness, Li bro Port, Tokyo (1994);
Marcel Duchamp Large Glass with Shuzo Takiguchi Ciga
r Box, Misuzu Shobo, Tokyo (1992), Broadway, Creo, Tokyo
(1991), Human Land, Libro Port, Tokyo (1987), Venetian
Light, Ryuko-Tsushin, Tokyo (1987), Stell ar Memories,
Parco Shuppan, Tokyo (1987), Humanscape, Shincho Sha,
Tokyo (19 85), Aerial Perspective, Gendai Hanga Kobo,
Tokyo (1983), Portici di Luce: P iazza San Marco, Unac
Tokyo, Tokyo (1981), Domains, Asahi Sonorama, Tokyo
(1 978), Seven from Ikko , Unac Tokyo, Tokyo
(1977), Where Time Has Vanished, Asahi Shimbun - sha,
Tokyo (1975), Japanesque, Mainichi Shimbun Sh a, Tokyo
(1970), Espana Gran Tarde, Kyuryudo, Tokyo (1969), Where
Time Has S topped, Kajima Kenkyusho Shuppankai, Tokyo
(1967) |
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