Yasuyoshi Chiba is a Japanese photojournalist, based in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2020 he won World Press Photo of the Year.
Life and work
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Chiba has worked for Agence France-Presse since 2011 and is currently its Chief Photographer for East Africa and the Indian Ocean. His photojournalism has mostly been made in Brazil and Kenya. He is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Publications
- Kenya Burning, Mgogoro Baada ya Uchaguzi 2007/8. Nairobi: GoDown Arts Centre, 2009. ISBN 978-9966718211. With Boniface Mwangi. Edited by Billy Kahora. In English and Swahili.
Exhibitions
- Football as seen through the eyes of children in Cidade de Deus favela, with Christophe Simon, Visa pour l'Image, Perpignan, France
Awards
- 2008: Public Prize, Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents, Bayeux, France
- 2009: Winner, People in the News – Singles category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam
- 2012: Winner, People in the News – Stories category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam
- 2020: Winner, World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Photo, Amsterdam
- 2020: Winner, General News – Singles category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam
References
- ^ Taylor, Alan. "2018 Seen Through the Lens of Yasuyoshi Chiba - The Atlantic". www.theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- "Yasuyoshi Chiba". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- "AFP's Yasuyoshi Chiba wins top World Press Photo prize for Sudan protest picture". The Japan Times Online. 17 April 2020. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- Kahora, Billy; Chiba, Yasuyoshi; Mwangi, Boniface; Centre, GoDown Arts; Trust, Kwani. Kenya burning : mgogoro baada ya uchaguzi 2007/8. Nairobi, Kenya : GoDown Arts Centre : Kwani Trust. ISBN 978-9966-7182-1-1 – via Trove.
- "Football as seen through the eyes of children in Cidade de Deus favela". Visa pour l’image. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- AFP, J. B. (lefigaro fr) Avec (12 October 2008). "Un journaliste du Figaro récompensé au prix Bayeux". Le Figaro.fr. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- "2009 Yasuyoshi Chiba PN1". worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- "2012 Yasuyoshi Chiba PNS1-AL". worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- "Image of Sudan uprising wins World Press Photo". BBC News. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- "Yasuyoshi Chiba wins World Press Photo for Sudan protest picture". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
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