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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

1. 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.
2. Durden, Mark. "Derry via Tokyo: How an outsider captured the Troubles in colour - 1854 Photography". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
3. "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.
4. "Photographs of Akihiko Okamura All About Life and Death （Tokyo Photographic Art Museum）". Tokyo Art Beat. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
5. "Akihiko Okamura: All About Life and Death | Art in Tokyo". Time Out Tokyo. 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
6. "Atelier EXB : Akihiko Okamura : The memories of others". The Eye of Photography Magazine. 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
7. "In Pictures: The Troubles through the lens of a Japanese war photographer". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
8. "Sean O'Hagan on Akihiko Okamura's photos of The Troubles". RTE. 2024-04-16.
9. "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.

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