Japan Professional Photographers Society
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The is a Tokyo-based organization of photographers founded in 1950 that has continued to this day. Its logo reads “JPS”. It was formed from the combination of three earlier organizations, none more than two years old: Seinen Hōdō Shashin Kenkyūkai (青年報道写真研究会), Seinen Shashinka Kyōkai (青年写真家協会, Young Photographers' Association), and Shashinka Shūdan (写真家集団, Photographers' Group),
The organization exists to maintain professional standards and to protect the interests of professional photographers. It also sponsors exhibitions of interest to the general public, and, since 2005, the Younosuke Natori
Photography Award for photographers under 30. Its current President (2007) is Takeyoshi Tanuma
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The organization exists to maintain professional standards and to protect the interests of professional photographers. It also sponsors exhibitions of interest to the general public, and, since 2005, the Younosuke Natori
Yonosuke Natori
Born in Tokyo on 3 September 1910, Natori studied at Keio normal school but upon graduation went with his mother to Munich, where he studied at a school of arts and crafts. He became interested in photography and in 1931 obtained a Leica, later that year getting a contract to work as a photographer...
Photography Award for photographers under 30. Its current President (2007) is Takeyoshi Tanuma
Takeyoshi Tanuma
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Notable members
- Takashi AmanoTakashi Amanois a photographer, designer and Aquarist.His interest in aquaria led him to create the Japanese company Aqua Design Amano.Takashi Amano is one of the most influential people in the freshwater aquascaping community. He can largely be credited with introducing Japanese gardening concepts such as...
- Ihei KimuraIhei KimuraBorn on 12 December 1901 in Shitaya-ku , Tokyo, Kimura started taking photographs when very young but his interest intensified when he was around 20 and living in Tainan, Taiwan, where he was working for a sugar wholesaler. He opened a photographic studio in Nippori, Tokyo in 1924...
, former chair of the society - Susumu MatsushimaSusumu MatsushimaMatsushima was born on 5 January 1913 in Ushigome, Tokyo. He studied at Tōkyō Kōtō Kōgei Gakkō , where a fellow-student was Gen Ōtsuka. On graduating in 1933, he joined Jiji Shinpō-sha, but soon quit and moved to Nikkatsu, where he worked as a photographer of stills, especially portraits of women,...
(honorary) - Toyoko TokiwaToyoko Tokiwais a Japanese photographer best known for her 1957 book of text and photographs Kiken na Adabana , and particularly for its portrayal of the red-light district of post-occupation Yokohama, with US servicemen.-Life and career:...
, author of Kiken no Adabana
Sources and further reading
- Matsuda Takako. “Major Photography Clubs and Associations.” In Anne Wilkes Tucker, et al. The History of Japanese Photography. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-300-09925-8. Pp. 373. Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. P. 347. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite its alternative title in English, the text is all in Japanese.