Yutaka TAKANASHI
高梨豊
Born in Tokyo 1935, Yutaka Takanashi began his photographic career at the end of the 1950s. Having worked within both the commercial and artistic spheres of photography, Takanashi's central themes explores the subject of "cities". In 1964 he was the recipient of the 8th Japan Photo Critics Association Newcomer's Award and in 1967, he recieved the 5th Paris Young Artists Biennial Grand Prize in Photography.
In 1968, Takanashi co-founded the photography magazine PROVOKE, alongside Takuma Nakahira, Koji Taki and Takahiko Okada and began publishing the magazine until its dissolvment in 1970. In 1984 and 1993 he was the recipient of The Photographic Society of Japan Annual Award. In 1993, he formed the "Leica Alliance" alongside Genpei Akasegawa and Yutokutaishi Akiyama.
In 2009 he held his exhibition Field Notes of Light at The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo and in 2012 his photobook IN' won the 31st Ken Domon Award. The same year, he held his solo exhibition Yutaka Takanashi at the Foundation Henry Cartier-Bresson in Paris, France.
Chronology
1935 - Born 6th February at Shiroganecho, Ushigome-ku, Tokyo (present Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)
1957 - B.F.A., Department Photography, College of Art, Nihon University.
1964 - Recipient of the 8th Japan Photo Critics Association Newcomer's Award
1967 - Recipient of the 5th Paris Young Artists Biennial Grand Prize in Photography
1968 - Co-founded the photography magazine PROVOKE alongside, Takuma Nakahira, Koji Taki and Takahiko Okada until 1970.
1984 - Recipient of The Photographic Society of Japan Annual Award
1991 - Recipient of the 3rd Society of Photography Award
1993 - Recipient of The Photographic Society of Japan Annual Award
1993 - Formed the "Leica Alliance" together with Genpei Akasegawa and Yutokutaishi Akiyama
2012 - Recipient of the 31st Ken Domon Award for his photobook IN'
2012 - Held solo exhibition "Yutaka Takahashi" at Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson Paris, France
1957 - B.F.A., Department Photography, College of Art, Nihon University.
1964 - Recipient of the 8th Japan Photo Critics Association Newcomer's Award
1967 - Recipient of the 5th Paris Young Artists Biennial Grand Prize in Photography
1968 - Co-founded the photography magazine PROVOKE alongside, Takuma Nakahira, Koji Taki and Takahiko Okada until 1970.
1984 - Recipient of The Photographic Society of Japan Annual Award
1991 - Recipient of the 3rd Society of Photography Award
1993 - Recipient of The Photographic Society of Japan Annual Award
1993 - Formed the "Leica Alliance" together with Genpei Akasegawa and Yutokutaishi Akiyama
2012 - Recipient of the 31st Ken Domon Award for his photobook IN'
2012 - Held solo exhibition "Yutaka Takahashi" at Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson Paris, France
Publications
1977 - Toshi e (Towards the City), Izara-shobo, 1974 [supplemental booklet: Tokyo-jin note (Tokyoites note)] Machi (Town), The Asahi Shinbun, Japan
1978~1983 - Toshi wa Yume Mizu (City doesn’t Dreams), co-author: Takahito Okada, Shoshi-Yamada, 1979 Tokyo-jin 1978-1983 (Tokyoites 1978-1983), Shoshi-Yamada, Japan
1989 - Miyako no Kao: Visages of a Metropolis, IPC, Japan
1979 - Menmoku Yakujo: Jimbutsushashin kuronikuru (chronicle by portrait works) 1964-1989, Heibon-sha, 1990 Jinzo (Human Images), Shinyasosho-sha, Japan
1982 - Gendai Nihon Shashin Zenshu 4 Nihon no Kokoro: Shin Oku no Hosomichi (Complete Collection of Contemporary Japanese Photography Vol.4, Spirit of Japan: The Narrow Road to the Deep North Revisited), Shuei-sha, Japan
1993 - Hatsukuni: pre-landscape, Heibon-sha, Japan
1996 - Raika Doumei: Nagoya Daishageki (Leica Alliance: Nagoya Shooting), co-authors: Genpei Akasegawa, Yutokutaishi Akiyama, Fubai-sha, Japan
1996 - Nihon no Shashinka (Photographers of Japan) 35: Takanashi Yutaka, editor: Kotaro Iizawa et al., Iwanami-shoten, Japan
2000 - Chimeiron: genius loci, Tokyo, Mainichi Communications, Japan
2001 - Raika Doumei: Pari Kaihou (Leica Alliance: Paris Full Aperture), co-authors: Genpei Akasegawa,Yutokutaishi Akiyama, Alfa Beta, Japan
2003 - Warera no Emono wa Itteki no Hikari (Our Target is a Drop of Light), co-author: Gozo Yoshimasu, Photographers’ gallery, Japan
2004 - Nostalghia, Heibon-sha, Japan [supplemental booklet: Windscape]
2004 - Raika Doumei: Tokyo Kareidosukoupu (Leica Alliance: Tokyo Kaleidoscope), co-authors: Genpei Akasegawa, Yutokutaishi Akiyama, Alfa Beta, Japan
2007 - Kakoi-machi (Fencing city), Creo, Japan
2015 - Niche Tokyo, Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, Japan
1978~1983 - Toshi wa Yume Mizu (City doesn’t Dreams), co-author: Takahito Okada, Shoshi-Yamada, 1979 Tokyo-jin 1978-1983 (Tokyoites 1978-1983), Shoshi-Yamada, Japan
1989 - Miyako no Kao: Visages of a Metropolis, IPC, Japan
1979 - Menmoku Yakujo: Jimbutsushashin kuronikuru (chronicle by portrait works) 1964-1989, Heibon-sha, 1990 Jinzo (Human Images), Shinyasosho-sha, Japan
1982 - Gendai Nihon Shashin Zenshu 4 Nihon no Kokoro: Shin Oku no Hosomichi (Complete Collection of Contemporary Japanese Photography Vol.4, Spirit of Japan: The Narrow Road to the Deep North Revisited), Shuei-sha, Japan
1993 - Hatsukuni: pre-landscape, Heibon-sha, Japan
1996 - Raika Doumei: Nagoya Daishageki (Leica Alliance: Nagoya Shooting), co-authors: Genpei Akasegawa, Yutokutaishi Akiyama, Fubai-sha, Japan
1996 - Nihon no Shashinka (Photographers of Japan) 35: Takanashi Yutaka, editor: Kotaro Iizawa et al., Iwanami-shoten, Japan
2000 - Chimeiron: genius loci, Tokyo, Mainichi Communications, Japan
2001 - Raika Doumei: Pari Kaihou (Leica Alliance: Paris Full Aperture), co-authors: Genpei Akasegawa,Yutokutaishi Akiyama, Alfa Beta, Japan
2003 - Warera no Emono wa Itteki no Hikari (Our Target is a Drop of Light), co-author: Gozo Yoshimasu, Photographers’ gallery, Japan
2004 - Nostalghia, Heibon-sha, Japan [supplemental booklet: Windscape]
2004 - Raika Doumei: Tokyo Kareidosukoupu (Leica Alliance: Tokyo Kaleidoscope), co-authors: Genpei Akasegawa, Yutokutaishi Akiyama, Alfa Beta, Japan
2007 - Kakoi-machi (Fencing city), Creo, Japan
2015 - Niche Tokyo, Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 - “Niche Tokyo” Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, Tokyo
2013 - “AQUA TREE” Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, Tokyo
2012 - “Yutaka Takanashi” Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris
2009 - “Yutaka Takanashi: Field Notes of Light” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2007 - “Kakoi-machi” Canon Gallery S, Tokyo
2006 - “Hatsukuni” Shadai Gallery, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Tokyo
2004 - “NOSTALGHIA” photographers’ gallery, Tokyo
2003 - “Warera no Emono ha Itteki no Hikari (Our Target is a Drop of the Light)” photographers’ gallery, Tokyo
2002 - “WIND SCAPE” Shoo Museum of Arts, Okayama
2001 - “WINDSCAPE” Visual Arts Gallery, Osaka
2000 - “interlude” Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
“Yutaka Takanashi: Shashin, Hito ni Yotte (Photographs, by and about the people)” Yokoyama
Memorial Manzù Museum, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo “Chimeiron: genius loci, Tokyo” Konica Plaza, Tokyo
1999 - “Yutaka Takanashi Gallery” Canon Makuhari Wonder Museum, Chiba
1996 “Sikku suru Shashinka Takanashi Yutaka “hohoron” no Kanata he, (A Galloping Photographer, Yutaka Takanashi: Towards Beyond the Methodology)” Guardian Garden, Tokyo
1995 “Serial Exhibition Tokyo Ginza Sandai-ki (Three Generations, Ginza, Tokyo): Shigeichi Nagano, Yutaka Takanashi and Osamu Kanemura” Gallery Art-Graph, Tokyo
1992 “Hatsukuni: pre-landscape” Minolta Photo Space, Tokyo
1989 “Toshi e / kara (Towards/from the City)” Frog, Tokyo
1988 “Miyako no Kao: Visages of a Metropolis 1986-1988” INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo
“Sore Zore no Machi (Each Towns)” Library Gallery, Setagaya Museum of Art, Tokyo “Magazine” Ginza Canon Salon, Tokyo
1986 “Jinzo II (Human Images II)” Minolta Photo Space, Tokyo “Tokyo-jin 1978-1983” Espace Japon, Paris
1982 “Tokyoites 1978-1982” Olympus Gallery, Tokyo
1979 “Jinzo (Human Images)” Minolta Photo Space, Osaka 1978 “Machi (Town)” Minolta Photo Space, Tokyo
1974 “Tensi Kiko (White Houri)” Wako, Ginza, Tokyo
1962 “Hyoteki (Target)” Ginza Garo, Tokyo
1960 “SOMETHIN’ ELSE” Ginza Garo, Tokyo
2013 - “AQUA TREE” Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, Tokyo
2012 - “Yutaka Takanashi” Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris
2009 - “Yutaka Takanashi: Field Notes of Light” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2007 - “Kakoi-machi” Canon Gallery S, Tokyo
2006 - “Hatsukuni” Shadai Gallery, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Tokyo
2004 - “NOSTALGHIA” photographers’ gallery, Tokyo
2003 - “Warera no Emono ha Itteki no Hikari (Our Target is a Drop of the Light)” photographers’ gallery, Tokyo
2002 - “WIND SCAPE” Shoo Museum of Arts, Okayama
2001 - “WINDSCAPE” Visual Arts Gallery, Osaka
2000 - “interlude” Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
“Yutaka Takanashi: Shashin, Hito ni Yotte (Photographs, by and about the people)” Yokoyama
Memorial Manzù Museum, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo “Chimeiron: genius loci, Tokyo” Konica Plaza, Tokyo
1999 - “Yutaka Takanashi Gallery” Canon Makuhari Wonder Museum, Chiba
1996 “Sikku suru Shashinka Takanashi Yutaka “hohoron” no Kanata he, (A Galloping Photographer, Yutaka Takanashi: Towards Beyond the Methodology)” Guardian Garden, Tokyo
1995 “Serial Exhibition Tokyo Ginza Sandai-ki (Three Generations, Ginza, Tokyo): Shigeichi Nagano, Yutaka Takanashi and Osamu Kanemura” Gallery Art-Graph, Tokyo
1992 “Hatsukuni: pre-landscape” Minolta Photo Space, Tokyo
1989 “Toshi e / kara (Towards/from the City)” Frog, Tokyo
1988 “Miyako no Kao: Visages of a Metropolis 1986-1988” INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo
“Sore Zore no Machi (Each Towns)” Library Gallery, Setagaya Museum of Art, Tokyo “Magazine” Ginza Canon Salon, Tokyo
1986 “Jinzo II (Human Images II)” Minolta Photo Space, Tokyo “Tokyo-jin 1978-1983” Espace Japon, Paris
1982 “Tokyoites 1978-1982” Olympus Gallery, Tokyo
1979 “Jinzo (Human Images)” Minolta Photo Space, Osaka 1978 “Machi (Town)” Minolta Photo Space, Tokyo
1974 “Tensi Kiko (White Houri)” Wako, Ginza, Tokyo
1962 “Hyoteki (Target)” Ginza Garo, Tokyo
1960 “SOMETHIN’ ELSE” Ginza Garo, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 “Provoke – Photography in Japan between Protest and Performance, 1960-75” Albertina, Vienna, Austria, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, Le Bal, Paris, France, The Art Institute of Chicago, United States
2015 - “For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States, The Grey Art Gallery, New York, United States, The Japan Society Gallery, New York, United States
2007 - “Raika Doumei (Leica Alliance): Hakata Yamamori” Gallery 58, Tokyo
2006 - “Body in Pieces” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
“Raika Doumei (Leica Alliance): Endless Nagoya” Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
2005 - “After Images of Tokyo 1935-1992, Setagaya Museum of Art, Tokyo
“5th ICANOF Media Art Show: Meganeura” Hachinohe City Museum of Art, Aomori
2004~2005 - “Fuin Sareta Hoshi (Sealed Stars): Takiguchi Shuzo and Japanese Artists” Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
“Raika Domei (Leica Alliance): Ra-haikai / Et Cetera” Art Gallery C-square, Chukyo University, Aichi
2004 - “Raika Doumei (Leica Alliance): Ra-haikai in Tokyo” Library Gallery, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
2003 - “Raika Doumei (Leica Alliance): Tokyo Kaleidoscope” Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
2001 - “Raika Doumei: Hakata Raishu (Leica Alliance: Attacking Hakata)” Mitsubishi-jisho Artium, Fukuoka
2000 - “Raika Doumei: Pari Kaiho (Leica Alliance: Paris Full Aperture)” Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
1999 - “Raika Doumei (Leica Alliance): Kyu-Kyobashiku Leica cho” INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo “Exploring Photography, National Film Center” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
“Otsuji Kyoji to 15 nin no Shashinkatachi (Kiyoji Otsuji and 15 Photographers)” Yokoyama Memorial Manzù Museum, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo
1998 - “Raika Doumei: Sanjushi (Leica Alliance: Triple Perspectives)” Mie Prefectual Art Museum, Mie/ Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
1996 - “The Transformation of Photography in the Post-War era; 1945-80 (the second part of the serial exhibition Japanese Photography: Form in/out)” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
“Japanese Culture: the Fifty Postwar Years” Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, et al.
“The Image of Man in Photography, National Film Center” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
“Takanashi Yutaka, Akasegawa Genpei, Akiyama Yutoku Taishi: Raika Doumei Nagoya wo Toru (Leica Alliance Photographing Nagoya)” Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
“Raika Doumei (Leica Alliance): Honcho Yorigasumi” Konica Plaza, Tokyo
1995 - “Sunde Mitai Machi (Towns I Want to Live)” Guardian Garden, Tokyo
“Photography and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 1953-1995” National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1994 - “Raika Doumei Happyoukai (Leica Alliance Exhibition)” Bokushin Garo, Tokyo
1992 - “Shashinka ha Nani wo Hyogen Shitaka 1960-1980 (What have Photographers Expressed? 1960-1980)” Konica Plaza, Tokyo
1990 - “Tokyo, City Perspective” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo “Tokyo-Tokyo” Artforum, Yurakucho Seibu, Tokyo
1989 - “Eleven Photographers in Japan 1965-75” The Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamaguchi
1985 - “Paris, New York, Tokyo” Tsukuba Museum of Photography 1985, Ibaraki
1978 - “Photokina ’78” Cologne, West Germany
1977 - “Me, Camera, Genjitsu (Eyes, Camera and Reality): 11 Italian Photographers and 11 Japanese Photographers” Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Tokyo
1976 - “Neue Fotografie Aus Japan” Kunsthaus Graz, Austria, et al.
1974 - “Fifteen Photographers Today” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1971 - “Dai 10-kai Nihon Gendai Bijutsuten (10th Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Art)” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo
1970 - “Gendai Shashin “Onna” 23 nin ten (23 Contemporary Photographers: “Women”)” Tobu Department Store, Tokyo
1967 - “5th Biennale de Paris” Paris, France
1966 - “Ten Artists of Contemporary Japanese Photography” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1959 - “Shinshashinha Kyokai ten (Group show of Shinshashijnha Kyokai)” Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo
2015 - “For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States, The Grey Art Gallery, New York, United States, The Japan Society Gallery, New York, United States
2007 - “Raika Doumei (Leica Alliance): Hakata Yamamori” Gallery 58, Tokyo
2006 - “Body in Pieces” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
“Raika Doumei (Leica Alliance): Endless Nagoya” Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
2005 - “After Images of Tokyo 1935-1992, Setagaya Museum of Art, Tokyo
“5th ICANOF Media Art Show: Meganeura” Hachinohe City Museum of Art, Aomori
2004~2005 - “Fuin Sareta Hoshi (Sealed Stars): Takiguchi Shuzo and Japanese Artists” Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
“Raika Domei (Leica Alliance): Ra-haikai / Et Cetera” Art Gallery C-square, Chukyo University, Aichi
2004 - “Raika Doumei (Leica Alliance): Ra-haikai in Tokyo” Library Gallery, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
2003 - “Raika Doumei (Leica Alliance): Tokyo Kaleidoscope” Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
2001 - “Raika Doumei: Hakata Raishu (Leica Alliance: Attacking Hakata)” Mitsubishi-jisho Artium, Fukuoka
2000 - “Raika Doumei: Pari Kaiho (Leica Alliance: Paris Full Aperture)” Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
1999 - “Raika Doumei (Leica Alliance): Kyu-Kyobashiku Leica cho” INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo “Exploring Photography, National Film Center” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
“Otsuji Kyoji to 15 nin no Shashinkatachi (Kiyoji Otsuji and 15 Photographers)” Yokoyama Memorial Manzù Museum, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo
1998 - “Raika Doumei: Sanjushi (Leica Alliance: Triple Perspectives)” Mie Prefectual Art Museum, Mie/ Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
1996 - “The Transformation of Photography in the Post-War era; 1945-80 (the second part of the serial exhibition Japanese Photography: Form in/out)” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
“Japanese Culture: the Fifty Postwar Years” Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, et al.
“The Image of Man in Photography, National Film Center” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
“Takanashi Yutaka, Akasegawa Genpei, Akiyama Yutoku Taishi: Raika Doumei Nagoya wo Toru (Leica Alliance Photographing Nagoya)” Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo University, Aichi
“Raika Doumei (Leica Alliance): Honcho Yorigasumi” Konica Plaza, Tokyo
1995 - “Sunde Mitai Machi (Towns I Want to Live)” Guardian Garden, Tokyo
“Photography and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 1953-1995” National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1994 - “Raika Doumei Happyoukai (Leica Alliance Exhibition)” Bokushin Garo, Tokyo
1992 - “Shashinka ha Nani wo Hyogen Shitaka 1960-1980 (What have Photographers Expressed? 1960-1980)” Konica Plaza, Tokyo
1990 - “Tokyo, City Perspective” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo “Tokyo-Tokyo” Artforum, Yurakucho Seibu, Tokyo
1989 - “Eleven Photographers in Japan 1965-75” The Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamaguchi
1985 - “Paris, New York, Tokyo” Tsukuba Museum of Photography 1985, Ibaraki
1978 - “Photokina ’78” Cologne, West Germany
1977 - “Me, Camera, Genjitsu (Eyes, Camera and Reality): 11 Italian Photographers and 11 Japanese Photographers” Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Tokyo
1976 - “Neue Fotografie Aus Japan” Kunsthaus Graz, Austria, et al.
1974 - “Fifteen Photographers Today” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1971 - “Dai 10-kai Nihon Gendai Bijutsuten (10th Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Art)” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo
1970 - “Gendai Shashin “Onna” 23 nin ten (23 Contemporary Photographers: “Women”)” Tobu Department Store, Tokyo
1967 - “5th Biennale de Paris” Paris, France
1966 - “Ten Artists of Contemporary Japanese Photography” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1959 - “Shinshashinha Kyokai ten (Group show of Shinshashijnha Kyokai)” Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo
Awards
1964 - Recipient of the 8th Japan Photo Critics Association Newcomer's Award
1967 - Recipient of the 5th Paris Young Artists Biennial Grand Prize in Photography
1984 - Recipient of The Photographic Society of Japan Annual Award
1991 - Recipient of the 3rd Society of Photography Award
1993 - Recipient of The Photographic Society of Japan Annual Award
2012 - Recipient of the 31st Ken Domon Award for his photobook IN'
1967 - Recipient of the 5th Paris Young Artists Biennial Grand Prize in Photography
1984 - Recipient of The Photographic Society of Japan Annual Award
1991 - Recipient of the 3rd Society of Photography Award
1993 - Recipient of The Photographic Society of Japan Annual Award
2012 - Recipient of the 31st Ken Domon Award for his photobook IN'
