Issei Suda
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Issei Suda (須田 一政, Suda Issei) (24 April 1940 – 7 March 2019) was a Japanese photographer who "[combined] a pure appreciation of Japanese customs with a sharp investigative eye".cite-ref-oosawa-1-0[1]
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Life and career
Born—as Kazumasa Suda (須田 一政 Suda Kazumasacite-ref-yomi-2-0[2]cite-ref-sankei-3-0[3])—in Kanda, Tokyo on 24 April 1940, Suda dropped out of Toyo University in 1961 and entered Tokyo College of Photography, from which he graduated in 1962.cite-ref-suzuki-4-0[4]
From 1967 to 1971, Suda worked as the cameraman of the theatrical group Tenjō Sajiki, under Shūji Terayama. He worked as a freelance photographer from 1971.cite-ref-suzuki-4-1[4] His first photobook, Fūshi kaden, was named after a treatise by Zeami Motokiyo; it won a Photographic Society of Japan newcomer's award in 1976. His fourth, Ningen no kioku, won the Domon Ken Award in 2014.cite-ref-oosawa-1-1[1]
Suda was a professor at Osaka University of Arts.
Books by Suda
• Fūshi kaden (風姿花伝). Sonorama Shashin Sensho 16. Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1978. NCID BN04412945.
• Waga-Tōkyō hyaku (わが東京100). Nikon Salon Books 5. Tokyo: Nikkor Club, 1979. NCID BA50716008.
• Inu no hana: Kimagure, shashin, sanpo (犬の鼻:気紛れ・写真・散歩). Tokyo: IBC, 1991. ISBN 4-87198-849-X.
• Ningen no kioku (人間の記憶). Tokyo: Creo, 1996. ISBN 4-87736-001-8.
• Akai hana (紅い花). Tokyo: Wides, 2000. ISBN 4-89830-030-8. Early photographs.
• Suda Issei shashinten "Fūshi kaden" (須田一政作品展「風姿花伝」). JCII Photo Salon library 165. Tokyo: JCII, 2005.cite-ref-5[n 1]
• Min'yō sanga (民謡山河). Tokyo: Tōseisha, 2007. ISBN 978-4-88773-077-9.
• Kado no tabakoya made no tabi (角の煙草屋までの旅). Tokyo: Place M, 2011. ISBN 4905360005.
• The Work of a Lifetime: Photographs 1968–2006. Berlin: Only Photography, 2011. ISBN 978-3-9812537-5-7.
• 松之物語 = Monogatari of Pines. Taiwan: 亦安工作室, 2013. ISBN 9789868857353.
• Mumei no danjo: Tōkyō 1976–8 (無名の男女 東京 1976–8). Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2013. 48 pages; edition of 50 copies. NCID BB29473005
• Nagi no hira (凪の片) = Fragments of Calm. Tokyo: Tōseisha, 2013. ISBN 978-4-88773-145-5.
• Sōmatō no yō ni: Kamagasaki 2000/2014 (走馬灯のように 釜ケ崎2000・2014) = Kamagasaki Magic Lantern. Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery, 2015. NCID BB2084196X. Photographs of Kamagasaki, Osaka.cite-ref-13[n 9]
• Sein. Kamakura: Super Labo, 2017. ISBN 9784908512032.
• Nichijō no danpen (日常の断片) = Fragment of Everyday Life. Kyoto: Seigensha, 2018. ISBN 978-4-86152-657-2.
• Mumei no danjo (無名の男女 = Anonymous Man and Woman. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2021. 100 photographs from the series made in the late 1970s. 160 pages; edition of 600 copies.cite-ref-27[n 22]
• Fūshi kaden (風姿花伝) = Exhibition Fushikaden. Ningbo: Jiazazhi, 2020. 71 photographs on 72 pages.
• Kantō fūtan (関東風譚) = The Sketch of Kanto Area. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2022. Edition of 600 copies. 120 pages. Hardcover, 207mm × 216mm.cite-ref-29[n 24]
• Monogusa shui (物草拾遺) = Monogusa Shui. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2023. Edition of 600 copies. 84 pages, 61 monochrome images (photographed 1976–1982, mostly in Tokyo). Hardcover, 207mm × 216mm.cite-ref-31[n 26]
Notes
cite-note-5n 1. ↑ "日本カメラ博物館 JCII Camera Museum:須田一政作品展「風姿花伝」".
cite-note-6n 2. ↑ Akio Nagasawa's page about Fushikaden, as of 8 January 2016.
cite-note-7n 3. ↑ "須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「Rubber」". Place M Online Shop.
cite-note-8n 4. ↑ Akio Nagasawa's page about 1975 Miuramisaki, as of 8 January 2016.
cite-note-9n 5. ↑ Akio Nagasawa's page about one of five cover variants of Early Works, as of 8 January 2016.
cite-note-10n 6. ↑ Zen Foto Gallery's page about Tokyokei.
cite-note-11n 7. ↑ Zen Foto Gallery's page about Waga Tokyo 100.
cite-note-12n 8. ↑ Zen Foto Gallery's page about The Journey to Osorezan.
cite-note-13n 9. ↑ Zen Foto Gallery's page about Kamagasaki Magic Lantern.
cite-note-14n 10. ↑ Akio Nagasawa's page about one of two cover variants of Childhood Days, as of 8 January 2016.
cite-note-15n 11. ↑ Akio Nagasawa's page about Rei, as of 1 March 2016.
cite-note-16n 12. ↑ "日本カメラ博物館 JCII Camera Museum:須田一政作品展「民謡山河」".
cite-note-17n 13. ↑ "須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「Suddenly」". Place M Online Shop.
cite-note-18n 14. ↑ "須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「かんながら」". Place M Online Shop.
cite-note-19n 15. ↑ Zen Foto Gallery's page about The Mechanical Retina at My Fingertips.
cite-note-20n 16. ↑ "Gankotoshi: Issei Suda". Akio Nagasawa.
cite-note-21n 17. ↑ "須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「煙突のある風景」". Place M Online Shop.
cite-note-22n 18. ↑ Zen Foto Gallery's page about Tokyo Modern Pictorial.
cite-note-23n 19. ↑ Chose Commune's page about 78.
cite-note-24n 20. ↑ "New Life: Issei Suda". Akio Nagasawa.
cite-note-25n 21. ↑ "須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「Eden」". Place M Online Shop.
cite-note-27n 22. ↑ "Anonymous Man and Woman (Tokyo 1976–78): Issei Suda". Akio Nagasawa.
cite-note-28n 23. ↑ Chose Commune's page about Family Diary.
cite-note-29n 24. ↑ "The Sketch of Kanto Area: Issei Suda". Akio Nagasawa.
cite-note-30n 25. ↑ Chose Commune's page about Holy Night.
cite-note-31n 26. ↑ "Monogusa Shui: Issei Suda". Akio Nagasawa.
References
cite-note-yomi-22. ↑ 「天井桟敷」カメラマン、写真家の須田一政さん死去 Archived 8 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Yomiuri Shimbun, 7 March 2019. Accessed 7 March 2019.
cite-note-sankei-33. ↑ 写真家の須田一政さんが死去 「風姿花伝」, Sankei Shinbun, 7 March 2019. Accessed 7 March 2019.
cite-note-265. ↑ citerefanother2021AnOther (14 May 2021). "Issei Suda, the photographer who captured the soul of Japan old and new". AnOther. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
General references
• (in Japanese) Suda Issei (須田一政) / Issei Suda. Nihon no Shashinka 40. Tokyo: Iwanami, 1998. ISBN 4-00-008380-5.
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