PROFILE
Kazutoshi Yoshimura was born in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture in 1967. He graduated from Nagano Prefectural Tagawa High School, and worked at a printing company in Tokyo. After leaving the company, he lived in Canada for one year which led to his career as a professional photographer. Currently based in Japan, he maintains a vigorous schedule by travelling around the world and throughout Japan photographing, elaborating on a certain theme for a long period, and publishes as a collection of works. Yoshimura’s lyrical landscape photographs known for their artistic composition, with the delicate effects of gentle light, shadow and breeze, and portrait photographs which conveys the vibe and emotion of local people are highly received, and a large number of fans would visit his periodical exhibitions held throughout Japan. Recently he has been expanding his ways of expression, by putting effort in writing serials for magazines and publishing book of essays and the like. He is one of the most promising photographers of today.
The Canada Media Award 2003
Newcomer’s Award of the Photographic Society of Japan 2007
Higashikawa Award-Special Photographer Award 2015
OFFICIAL WEB SITE(Japanese): https://kaz-yoshimura.com/
OFFICIAL WEB SITE(English): http://www.yoshimurakazutoshi.com/
WEB LOG: https://kaz-yoshimura.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/KazYoshimura/
INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/kazyoshimura/
EMAIL ADDRESS: office-mail@kaz-yoshimura.com
PHOTO BOOKS
“PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND” Kodansha (2000)
“A TRIP INTO SEASONS OF SPLENDOR”(ESSAY)” KK Bestsellers (‘2000)
※ Paperback edition: “BREEZE IN THE GREEN ISLAND (ESSAY)”
“Atlantic Canada” Nikkei BP Kikaku (2000)
※ Revised edition: “PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND EASTERN CANADA” “LIGHT UPON THE COUNTRY” Gentosha (2002)
“THE RED ROAD TO THE PRAIRIE” Kinnohoshisha (2002)
“SILENT MOMENT (DVD)” Geneon Entertainment (2004)
“ASA/MORNING” Alicekan (2004)
“YUU/EVENING” Alicekan (2004)
“NOSTALGIC LIGHT” PIE Books (2004)
“BREEZE IN THE GREEN ISLAND (ESSAY)” Kobunsha/Chienomori Bunko (2005)
“AUTUMN IN THE LAURENTIANS” Up-Front Books (2005)
“SILENT NIGHT” Shogakukan (2005)
“UNCHANGING SCENERY (ESSAY)” Kobunsha (2006)
“PICTURE BOOK OF MORNING SCENES” Alicekan (2006)
“A TALE IN THE APPLE VILLAGE” Shufutoseikatsusha (2006)
“TOMORROW” Keizaikai (2006)
“PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND EASTERN CANADA” Nikkei BP Kikaku (2007) “BLUE MOMENT” Shogakukan (2007)
“YOSHIMURA KAZUTOSHI PHOTO BOX / SEVEN STORIES OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND” Kodansha (2008)
“PASTORAL” Nippon Camera (2009)
“THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES OF FRANCE (A COMPLETE VOYAGE)” Kodansha (2009)
“Sense of Japan” Nostro bosco (2009)
“THE LITTLE VILLAGE WAS WRAPPED IN SACRED SOUND OF BELLS (ESSAY)” Nostro bosco (2010)
“Christmas Tree” Alicekan (2010)
“GIFT” Keizaikai (2010)
“MAGIC HOUR” Shogakukan (2010)
“CEMENT” Nostro bosco (2010)
“Shinshu” Shinanomainichishinbun (2011)
“LIGHT ON EARTH” Maruzen Publishing (2012)
“RESPECT” Maruzen Publishing (2012)
“CUSTOM DOCTOR” Nostro bosco (2013)
“SEKISETZ” Maruzen Publishing (2013)
“PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND” Maruzen Publishing (2014)
“THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES OF ITALY (A COMPLETE VOYAGE)” Kodansha (2015)
“COLORS IN SNOW” Maruzen Publishing (2015)
“Moments on Earth” Nippon Camera (2015)
“KANRANSHA×Kanransha” Maruzen Publishing (2015)
“KAMI-GOTO Kamigoto Goto Islands The island of quiet prayers”
Maruzen Publishing (2016)
“THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES OF BELGIUM (A COMPLETE VOYAGE) Kodansha (2016)
“ATLANTIC GIANT” Maruzen Publishing (2016)
“MORNING LIGHT” Shogakukan (2017)
EXHIBITIONS
“ONE DAY, MOMENT OF STILLNESS” Nikon Salon/Tokyo (1998)
“PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND” Pentax Forum/Tokyo (1999)
“LIGHT UPON THE COUNTRY” Fuji Photo Salon/Tokyo (2002)
“FOUR SEASONS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND ATLANTIC CANADA” Matsumoto City Museum of Art /Nagano (2003)
“FOUR SEASONS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND ATLANTIC CANADA” Hanshin Department Gallery /Osaka (2003)
“WANDERING THRO’ THE SILENCE” Bartok Gallery/Tokyo (2003)
“COUNTRY SPIRIT” Canon Salon Tokyo/Nagoya/Osaka/Fukuoka/Sapporo/Sendai (2004)
“ASA/MORNING YUU/EVENING” Kinokuniya Gallery/Tokyo (2004) “CANADA/FIVE STORIES THRO’ THE LIGHT”
Aso Hakusuigoh Museum/Kumamoto (2005)
“CANADA/FIVE STORIES THRO’ THE LIGHT” Takamori City Hall /Nagano (2006) “A TALE IN THE APPLE VILLAGE” Pentax Forum /Tokyo (2006) “ASA/MORNING” Nadar/Tokyo (2007)
“SILENT NIGHT” The Art Museum of a Travel and a Fancy/Yamanashi (2007) “BLUE MOMENT” Photo Entrance Hibiya/Tokyo (2007)
“BLUE MOMENT” Asahi Shimbun 2F Gallery/Tokyo (2008)
“BLUE MOMENT” Fuji Photo Salon Sapporo/Sendai (2008)
“A TRIP AROUND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND”
Hotel Ibis Mini Gallery/Tokyo (2008)
“PASTORAL” Fukuoka Camera Museum/Toyama (2009)
“Sense of Japan” Fuji Photo Salon /Tokyo/Osaka (2009)
“PASTORAL” Aso Hakusuigoh Museum/Kumamoto (2009)
“PASTORAL (THE SACRED HOURS)”
Marunouchi Building Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery/Tokyo (2009)
“MAGIC HOUR” Canon Gallery S/Tokyo (2010)
“Shinshu” Hokuto Culture Hall/Nagano (2011)
“Shinshu” Asahi Museum/ Nagano (2012)
“Shinshu” Hon-machi Kamikurabu Gallery/Nagano (2012)
“THE LITTLE VILLAGE WAS WRAPPED IN SACRED SOUND OF BELLS”
Aso Hakusuigoh Museum/Kumamoto (2012)
“PASTORAL” Shimin Times Shiojiri Hall/Nagano (2012)
“BLUE MOMENT” Gallery Yui/Kyoto (2012)
“MAGIC HOUR” Nakagawa-machi Bato Hiroshige Museum of Art/Tochigi (2012)
“BLUE MOMENT, THE LITTLE VILLAGE WAS WRAPPED IN SACRED SOUND OF BELLS”
Gokasecho Shizennomegumi Shiryokan/Miyazaki (2013)
“PASTORAL x Shinshu” Obuse Chikumagawa Highway Museum/Nagano (2013) “CUSTOM DOCTOR” Nikon Salon/Tokyo (2013)
“THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES OF ITALY (A COMPLETE VOYAGE)” Ricoh Imaging Square/Tokyo (2015)
“THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES OF ITALY (A COMPLETE VOYAGE)” Azusagawa Academeia Hall/Nagano (2015)
“CEMENT” Higashigawa Public Gallery/Hokkaido (2015)
“Moments on Earth” Fukuoka Camera Museum/Toyama (2015)
“CEMENT” Shin-Sapporo Gallery/Hokkaido (2015)
“THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES OF BELGIUM (A COMPLETE VOYAGE) Coffee Table Book Exhibition” Bartok Gallery/Tokyo (2016)
“THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES OF ITALY (A COMPLETE VOYAGE) Coffee Table Book Exhibition” Aso Hakusuigoh Museum/Kumamoto (2016) “MORNING LIGHT” Ricoh Imaging Square/Tokyo (2017)