1930–2018 · South Africa · Photographer
David Goldblatt
Quiet, analytical documentary of South African society under and after apartheid.
On the Mines (with Nadine Gordimer), 1973Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1934–2012 · JAPAN
Masahisa Fukase
Dark, personal black-and-white work driven by loss and obsession.
- Born
- 1934
- Died
- 2012
- Country
- Japan
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1986Karasu (Ravens)
- 1978Yoko
WHY THEY MATTER
His book Ravens was voted the best photobook of 1986-2009 by a British Journal of Photography panel; retrospectives in Europe and Japan.
THE LIFE
Fukase was a Japanese photographer whose work turned increasingly personal. He photographed his wife Yoko for many years, and after their separation began photographing ravens in his native Hokkaido. The resulting book, Karasu, became one of the most admired photobooks ever made. A fall in 1992 left him with severe brain damage, and he never photographed again.
Also born in 1930–1959
1930–2014 · Nigeria · Photographer
J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Sculptural black-and-white studies of Nigerian women's hairstyles.
Nigerian hairstyles (series), 1968Source: Wikipedia
1930–2012 · Japan · Photographer
Shomei Tomatsu
Dark, fragmentary images of postwar Japan and American occupation.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Document, 1961Source: Wikipedia
born 1931 · Brazil · Photographer
Claudia Andujar
Lyrical, often experimental images of the Yanomami people.
Yanomami: The House, The Forest, The Invisible, 1998Source: Wikipedia
1931–2016 · Hong Kong · Photographer
Fan Ho
Geometric light-and-shadow street scenes of 1950s and 1960s Hong Kong.
Approaching Shadow, 1954Source: Wikipedia
1933–2004 · United States · Photographer
Eddie Adams
News photography of war, politics and celebrity.
Saigon Execution, 1968Source: Wikipedia