Akihiko Okamura

Japanese photographer

Akihiko Okamura (岡村昭彦, Okamura Akihiko, 1929–1985) was a Japanese photographer.^[1]

Work

Okamura was a war photographer, in the first years of the Vietnam War, as well as in conflict zones in Ethiopia, Biafra, and Northern Ireland.^[2]^[3]

Publications

All About Life and Death. Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 2014. ISBN 9784568104806.
The Memories of Others. Prestel, 2024. ISBN 978-3791393247.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Akihiko Okamura: All About Life and Death, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, July–September 2014^[4]^[5]
Akihiko Okamura: The Memories of Others, Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, 11 April – 6 July 2024^[6]^[7]^[8]

Group exhibitions

Strange and Familiar, Barbican Centre, London, March–June 2016^[9]

References

^ O'Hagan, Sean (2024-04-07). "'The surreal dislocation of the everyday': how Japanese photographer Akihiko Okamura captured the Troubles as never before". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
^ Durden, Mark. "Derry via Tokyo: How an outsider captured the Troubles in colour - 1854 Photography". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
^ "Akihiko Okamura 'The Memories of Others' - A new photography exhibition, photobook and film premiere at Photo Museum Ireland - Explore this free contemporary art Museum in Dublin supporting Irish Artists". Photo Museum Ireland. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
^ "Photographs of Akihiko Okamura All About Life and Death （Tokyo Photographic Art Museum）". Tokyo Art Beat. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
^ "Akihiko Okamura: All About Life and Death | Art in Tokyo". Time Out Tokyo. 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
^ "Atelier EXB : Akihiko Okamura : The memories of others". The Eye of Photography Magazine. 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
^ "In Pictures: The Troubles through the lens of a Japanese war photographer". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
^ "Sean O'Hagan on Akihiko Okamura's photos of The Troubles". RTE. 2024-04-16.
^ "Everyday Britain, through the eyes of international photographers". Huck. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2024-06-03.

General references

Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. (in Japanese) Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.