Tsutomu YAMAGATA
山縣勉
Born in Tokyo in 1966. Graduated from Department of Law, Keio University. He is a member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society and the Photographic Society of Japan. His major solo exhibitions so far include “Ten Disciples” at Zen Foto Gallery, 2016 and gallery 176, 2017, as well as “Thirteen Orphans” at Zen Foto Gallery, 2012 and Colorado Photographic Arts Center, 2013. His main publications include "Thirteen Orphans" (New Edition by Case Publishing & Zen Foto Gallery, 2017), "Ten Disciples" (Zen Foto Gallery, 2016), "Thirteen Orphans" (Zen Foto Gallery, 2012), and Bulgarian Rose (Private edition, 2011). Yamagata participated in the group exhibition “Pale Red Dot” at Athens Photo Festival in 2018. His works are included in the collections of University of New Mexico Art Museum, USA and Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai.
Chronology
1988 - Graduated in Law, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
1988 - Worked in the Energy Industry
2004 - Left employment for overseas travel
2007 - Freelance photographer since 2007
2013 - Photolucida Critical mass TOP 50
2014 - Winner of LensCulture Portrait Awards (USA)
2015 - Winner of Emerging Asian Photography Grant
Publications
2017 - Thirteen Orphans (New Edition), ZEN FOTO GALLERY & Case Publishing, Tokyo
2016 - Ten Disciples (Hardcover), ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo
2015 - Ten Disciples (Softcover), ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo
2012 - Thirteen Orphans, ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo
2011 - ZHIJP. It is JAPAN 03, Liaoning Education Press
2011 - Bulgarian Rose, Self-published
2007 - Perspective of the World, New Energy Magazine
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 - TEN DISCIPLES, gallery 176, Osaka
2016 - TEN DISCIPLES, ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo
2014 - Dried-up Paris and Amsterdam, ALBA GALLERY, Beijing
2013 - THIRTEEN ORPHANS, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Colorado
2012 - Double-dealing, ALBA GALLERY, Beijing
2012 - THIRTEEN ORPHANS, ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Tokyo
2011 - THIRTEEN ORPHANS, ZEN FOTO GALLERY, Beijing
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 - IN PRINT, OUT OF PRINT, Nara Photographic Museum, Nara
2017 - FOCUS Photography Festival 2017, Mumbai
2016 - Stories from the Camera, University of New MexicoMuseum, New Mexico
2016 - Fotofever photo fair 2016, Paris
2015 - FOCUS Photography Festival 2015, Mumbai
2014 - How one thing leads to another, Houston Center for Photography, Texas
2014 - Critical Mass TOP 50 exhibition, Corden|Potts Gallery, San Francisco
2013 - Pure 2013, Gallery TANTO TEMPO, Kobe
2012 - Japan Professional Photographers Society, Sirius, Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo and Osaka
2011 - Vingt–cinq, Gallery Le Deco, Tokyo
Awards
2014 - Winner, LensCulture Portrait Awards (USA)
Collections
Dr Brau Daji Lad Museum (Mumbai, India)
