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Vienna

Hiroji Kubota

(Japanese, born 1939)

the golden rock, kyaiktiyo, myanmar (burma) by hiroji kubota

Hiroji Kubota

The Golden Rock, Kyaiktiyo, Myanmar (Burma), 1978

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a stone bridge over the grand canal, tangqui, zhejiang, china by hiroji kubota

Hiroji Kubota

A stone bridge over the Grand Canal, Tangqui, Zhejiang, China, 1982

Price on Request

Biography

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
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
1979 - 1984
Embarked on a 1,000-day tour of China, during which he made more than 200,000 photographs
1982
Nendo Sho (Annual Award), Photographic Society of Japan
1983
Mainichi Art Prize

Exhibitions

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

Literature

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
English (US)

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