Michio Hoshino
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was a famous Japanese-born nature photographer. He originally hailed from Ichikawa
, Chiba Prefecture
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Called one of the most accomplished nature photographers of his era
and compared to Ansel Adams
, Hoshino specialized in photographing Alaskan wildlife until he was killed by a brown bear
while on assignment in Kurilskoye Lake, Russia in 1996.
Lynn Schooler's book The Blue Bear relates the story of the author's friendship with Hoshino, a man he admired greatly for his skill as a photographer and his humanity. Schooler is a wilderness guide who became a photographer in his own right under Hoshino's tutelage. Another book, The Only Kayak by Kim Heacox, describes Hoshino's journeys to Glacier Bay as well as his own close personal friendship with Hoshino.
A memorial totem pole
was raised in Sitka Alaska, on August 8, 2008 the month and day Michio Hoshino was killed, in honor of his work. Relatives and witnesses from Japan, including his widow, attended the ceremony.
Hoshino's wife and son survive him.
Ichikawa, Chiba
is a city located in northwest Chiba, Japan, approximately 20 kilometers from the center of Tokyo. The city was founded on November 3, 1934. As of January 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 474,586 and a density of 8,259.42 persons per km². The total area is 57.46 km²...
, Chiba Prefecture
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...
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Called one of the most accomplished nature photographers of his era
and compared to Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams
Ansel Easton Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West, especially in Yosemite National Park....
, Hoshino specialized in photographing Alaskan wildlife until he was killed by a brown bear
Brown Bear
The brown bear is a large bear distributed across much of northern Eurasia and North America. It can weigh from and its largest subspecies, the Kodiak Bear, rivals the polar bear as the largest member of the bear family and as the largest land-based predator.There are several recognized...
while on assignment in Kurilskoye Lake, Russia in 1996.
Lynn Schooler's book The Blue Bear relates the story of the author's friendship with Hoshino, a man he admired greatly for his skill as a photographer and his humanity. Schooler is a wilderness guide who became a photographer in his own right under Hoshino's tutelage. Another book, The Only Kayak by Kim Heacox, describes Hoshino's journeys to Glacier Bay as well as his own close personal friendship with Hoshino.
A memorial totem pole
Totem pole
Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved from large trees, mostly Western Red Cedar, by cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America...
was raised in Sitka Alaska, on August 8, 2008 the month and day Michio Hoshino was killed, in honor of his work. Relatives and witnesses from Japan, including his widow, attended the ceremony.
Hoshino's wife and son survive him.
Hoshino's photographs
- Grizzly. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1987. ISBN 0877014310.
- The Grizzly Bear Family Book. North-South Books, 1997. ISBN 1558587012. For young readers.
- Hoshino's Alaska. San Francisco: Chronicle, 2007. ISBN 978-0811856515.
- Moose. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1988. Hardback ISBN 0877015031. Paperback ISBN 0877014949.
Further reading
- Schooler, Lynn. The Blue Bear. New York: Harper Collins, 2002. ISBN 0060935731. New York: Ecco, 2002. ISBN 0066210852.
- Heacox, Kim. The Only Kayak. Giulford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2005. ISBN 1592287158
External links
Hoshino's site- Coming Home: The Photographs of Michio Hoshino
- Michio Hoshino Photo Gallery - by AnimalsandEarth
Interviews
- Interview with Lynn Schooler about The Blue Bear
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(Japanese production).