Born in Toyama Prefecture, he began working as a freelance photographer in 1995, and in 2007 published "DECOTORA" (Little More), a collection of portraits of decotrays and drivers taken over a period of nine years. 2006 he began traveling to the Tohoku region, where he continues to take photographs while deeply interacting with the people, culture and nature of the Tohoku region.

Chronology

1974 - Born in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
1995-96 - Worked for Studio Fobos.
1997 - Studied under Kyoji Takahashi.
1998 - Started as an independent photographer.

Publications

2007 - "DECOTORA" Little More, Tokyo
2011 - "TOHOKU" Little More, Tokyo
2011 - "Is the Blood Still Red?" SLANT, Ishikawa
2013 - "KURAGARI" super books, Tokyo

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008 - "DECOTORA", Little More Chika, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - "DECOTORA", Tai Gallery, New Mexico, USA
2010 - "KURAGARI #0, DISH", Tokyo, Japan
2012 - "TOHOKU", Konica Minolta Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - "Is the Blood Still Red?", SLANT, Ishikawa, Japan
2012 - "Is the Blood Still Red?", BASE CAMP, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - "TOHOKU", FOIL Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2013 - "KURAGARI", Gallery SIDE2, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 - "BASARA", Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - "TOHOKU: Through the Eyes of Japanese Photographers", Changchun Library, Changchun, China
2012 - "TOHOKU: Through the Eyes of Japanese Photographers", City of Perth, Council House, Perth, Australia
2012 - "TOHOKU: Through the Eyes of Japanese Photographers", 1911 Revolution Museum, Wuhan, China
2012 - "TOHOKU: Through the Eyes of Japanese Photographers", The Japan Cultural Institute in Rome, Rome, Italy
2012 - "TOHOKU: Through the Eyes of Japanese Photographers", Beijing World Art Museum, Beijing, China
2012 -" TOHOKU: Through the Eyes of Japanese Photographers", Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2012 - "PINK PHOTO EXHIBITION", BA-TSU Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Awards

2012 - Kimura Ihei Photography Award

Books from Masaru TATSUKI

Kakera

Masaru TATSUKI

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In the Wake: Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11

Nobuyoshi ARAKI, Kozo MIYOSHI, Keizo KITAJIMA, Rinko KAWAUCHI, Naoya HATAKEYAMA, Lieko SHIGA, Masato SETO, Takashi HOMMA, Masaru TATSUKI, Takashi ARAI, Tomoko YONEDA, Kikuji KAWADA, Daisuke YOKOTA

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Tohoku

Masaru TATSUKI

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