Chronology
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1975
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Graduated from Nihon Unversity, Department of Art, Photography and Moved to Los Angeles.
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1982
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Established a production company.
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2000
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Closed down the production company, and became a full-time photographer.
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Awards
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2009
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Hearst 8x10 Photography Biennial,
New York, NY
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2008
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Santa Fe Center Project competition,
Santa Fe, NM
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2007
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Photo City Sagamihara Award,
Japan
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2006
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Photolucida Critical Mass Book Award,
Portland, OR
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2004
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Black & White Spider Awards,
Los Angeles
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2003
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Photo Review,
Philadelphia
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2003
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International Photography Awards,
Los Angeles
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2002
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Photo Review,
Philadelphia
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2002
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Print Center 76th Annual International Competition,
Philadelphia
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2002
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Center for Photographic Arts,
Carmel, CA
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2001
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Advertising Photographers of America,
Los Angeles
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2000
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London Photographic Awards,
London
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2000
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Advertising Photographers of America,
Los Angeles
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1995
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Western Art Directors Club,
San Francisco
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1978
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles
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1973
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Advertising Photographers' Association,
Tokyo
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Solo Exhibitions
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2009
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Ideology in Paradise,
Kopeikin Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
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2008
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Ideology in Paradise,
Newspace Center for Photography,
Portland, OR
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2008
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Ideology in Paradise,
Nikon Salon,
Tokyo & Osaka, Japan
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2007
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Observations,
Gallery Tosei,
Tokyo, Japan
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2007
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Faces,
Paul Smith SPACE Gallery,
Tokyo, Japan
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2007
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I See Angeles Every Day,
Nikon Salon,
Tokyo & Osaka, Japan
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2007
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Masks and Faces,
Gallery Pastrays,
Tokyo, Japan
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2007
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Watermark Fine Art Photographs,
Houston, TX
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2005
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Two Home Countries,
Photographic Center Northwest,
Seattle, WA
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2005
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Oswald Gallery,
Austin, TX
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2005
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Two Home Countries,
Photographic Center Northwest,
Seattle, WA
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2004
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Portraits: Kabuki,
White Room Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
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2004
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Watermark Fine Art Photographs,
Houston, TX
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2003
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The Photography Room,
Grand Rapids, MI
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2003
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Blue Sky Gallery,
Portland, OR
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2002
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Veiled Observations and Reflections,
White Room Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
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Group Exhibitions
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2005
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One Foot After Another,
Mark Wooley Gallery,
Portland, OR
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2004
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Festivals and Rituals,
Tepper Takeyama Fine Arts,
Boston, MA
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2004
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Bassetti Fine Art Photographs,
New Orleans, LA
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2003
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Inspirations and Interpretations,
White Room Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
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2003
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Delicate Objects,
The Photography Room,
Grand Rapids. MI
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2002
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2002 Center Awards Exhibition,
Center for Photographic Art,
Carmel, CA
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2002
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The Print Center,
Philadelphia
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2002
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Quiet Observations,
photo-eye Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
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2002
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A Bird Show,
Ricco Maresca Gallery,
New York, NY
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2002
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Grand Opening Exhibition,
The Photography Room,
Grand Rapids, MI
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2001
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America the Beautiful,
Edward Carter Gallery,
New York
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1997
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Rear View,
California State University,
Northridge
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1977
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3-man Show,
Soho Photo Gallery,
Los Angeles
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Collections
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
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Geroge Eastman House, Rochester, NY
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Santa Barbar Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
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Bibliography
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The Day the Dam Collapses.
Hiroshi Watanabe. Daylight Books, Hillsboroug, NC, 2014
(photo-eye Cat# DS337H)
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Love Point.
Hiroshi Watanabe. Nazraeli Press, 2010
(photo-eye Cat# TR356)
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Love Point.
Hiroshi Watanabe. Toseisha, 2010
(photo-eye Cat# ZD964)
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Suo Sarumawashi.
Hiroshi Watanabe. photo-eye Editions, 2009
(photo-eye Cat# PE035)
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Ideology in Paradise.
Hiroshi Watanabe. Mado-sha, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
(photo-eye Cat# ZD581)
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C International Photo Magazine.
Elena Foster. Ivory Press, 2008
(photo-eye Cat# PX115H)
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I See Angels Every Day.
Hiroshi Watanabe. Mado-Sha, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
(photo-eye Cat# ZD046H)
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Lenwwork.
Various. Lenswork Publishing, Anacortes, WA, 2007
(photo-eye Cat# LQ045S)
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Findings.
Hiroshi Watanabe. Photolucida, Potland, OR, 2007
(photo-eye Cat# ZD236)
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FACES Vol. 3 Ena Bunraku.
Hiroshi Watanabe. Hiroshi Watanabe, West Hollywood, CA, 2005
(photo-eye Cat# ZC425L)
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SHOTS 88.
Russel Joslin, Minneapolis, MN, 2005
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FACES Vol. 4 Noh Mask of Naito Clan.
Hiroshi Watanabe. Hiroshi Watanabe, West Hollwyood, 2005
(photo-eye Cat# ZC608L)
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FACES Vol. 1 San Lazaro Psychiatric Hospital.
Hiroshi Watanabe. Hiroshi Watanabe, West Hollywood, CA, 2003
(photo-eye Cat# ZC246L)
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FACES Vol. 2 Kabuki Players.
Hiroshi Watanabe. Hiroshi Watanabe, West Hollywood, CA, 2003
(photo-eye Cat# ZC245L)
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B&W October issue.
Black and White Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA, 2002
(photo-eye Cat# MZ130S)
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Veiled Observations and Reflections.
Hiroshi Watanabe. Hiroshi Watanabe, West Hollywood, CA, 2002
(photo-eye Cat# ZC024L)
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London Photographic Awards 4.
Kevin O'Connor, London, UK, 2000
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Education
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1971 - 1975
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Department of Photography, College of Art, at Nihon University, BA
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1995
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Anderson Ranch Art Center
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Studied with Jerry Uelsmann
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1996
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Anderson Ranch Art Center
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Studied with John Sexton
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Favorite Photography Books
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Americans,
Robert Frank,
(photo-eye Cat# PK463)
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Terra,
Sebastio Salgado,
(photo-eye Cat# CI111)
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Augenblicke,
Irving Penn
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August Sander,
August Sander,
(photo-eye Cat# TD038)
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Diane Arbus,
Diane Arbus,
(photo-eye Cat# AP353)
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