Akihide Tamura (田村彰英, Tamura Akihide) is a Japanese photographer. He was born in Tokyo on 13 March 1947 as Shigeru Tamura (田村茂, Tamura Shigeru).^[1] He studied at Tokyo College of Photography, graduating first in 1967 and then from a more advanced course two years later. Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the capital and one of the forty-seven prefectures of Japan. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...

Tamura's first solo exhibition — under the name Shigeru Tamura (田村シゲル) — was Yume no hikari (Dream light) in Ginza Nikon Salon in 1969. He became known for his somewhat harsh monochrome depictions of landscapes. In 1974 his works appeared within the "New Japanese Photography" show in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan The Wako department store occupies a busy corner in Ginza Ginza (銀座) is a place in Chūō Ward, Tokyo named after the silver coin foundry or Ginza established here in 1612 (Edo period). ... Black-and-white or black and white) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). ... View across garden, in new MoMA building by Yoshio Taniguchi. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...

Tamura made the stills for several of the late films of Akira Kurosawa, and has published a book of photographs taken on the sets of Kurosawa's films. Kurosawa redirects here. ...

Note

1. ^ Akihide Tamura should not be confused with the well-known photographer Shigeru Tamura (1909–87), whose name is even written with the same kanji. (Perhaps part of the reason for the younger Tamura's change of name was to avoid this very confusion.)

For a younger photographer of the same name, see Akihide Tamura. ... Japanese writing Kanji Kana Hiragana Katakana Hentaigana Manyogana Uses Furigana Okurigana Rōmaji Kanji (Japanese: ) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with hiragana (平仮名), katakana (片仮名), and the arabic numerals. ...

Books by Tamura

• Tamura Photographs (1983)
• Base (1992)
• Kurosawa Akira (黒澤明, Akira Kurosawa) (1991)

Sources and external links

• (Japanese) Tamura Photographs
• (Japanese) Nihon shashinka jiten (『日本写真家事典』, 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8