Akihiko Okamura
Japanese photographer (1929–1985)
Akihiko Okamura (岡村 昭彦, Okamura Akihiko; 1929–1985) was a Japanese photographer.
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.
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
Akihiko Okamura: The Memories of Others, Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, 11 April – 6 July 2024
Group exhibitions
Strange and Familiar, Barbican Centre, London, March–June 2016
References
General references
Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000.
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