Born in 1957 in Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Masao Yamamoto's work is exhibited and included in many public and private collections nationally and internationally including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA; The International Center of Photography, New York, NY and the Sir Elton John Collection. His most recent exhibitions include Yamamoto Masao, la-condition-japonaise Berlin, Germany and Kawa=Flow at Jackson Fine Art.