Hiroji Kubota (Japanese, born 1939)

Timeline

1961: During a visit by Magnum members to Japan, Hiroji Kubota came to know René Burri, Burt Glinn and Elliott Erwitt
1962: B.A., Political Science, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
1962: Moved to the US, settling in Chicago, IL
1965: Became a freelance photographer
1968: Returned to live in Japan
1970: Kodansha Publishing Culture Award
1975: Kubota witnessed the fall of Saigon, refocusing his attention on Asia
1982: Nendo Sho (Annual Award), Photographic Society of Japan
1983: Mainichi Art Prize
1979–1984: Embarked on a 1,000-day tour of China, during which he made more than 200,000 photographs
1989: Member of Magnum Photos

2001–2002: Can We Feed Ourselves? – Asia Society, New York, USA; School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK
1999–2000: China: Fifty Years Inside the People's Republic - Asia Society, New York, NY
1997: Out of the East: Recent Photographs of Asia by Hiroji Kubota - Equitable Gallery, New York, NY
1992: From Sea to Shining Sea: A Portrait of America - Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1991: China: Exhibition of Photographs by Hiroji Kubota – Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

2004: Japan, W.W. Norton & Company, UK
2000: Can We Feed Ourselves?, Magnum Photos, Inc., USA
1997: Out of the East: Transition & Tradition in Asia, W.W. Norton & Company, USA
1992: From Sea to Shining Sea: A Portrait of America, W.W. Norton & Company, USA
1988: The Mountains of North Korea: Mts. Paeku & Kumgang, Iwanami Shoten, Japan
1985: China, Collins, UK/W.W. Norton & Company, USA

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