About
Born in Kyoto Prefecture, Yasuo Konishi graduated from the Osaka University of Arts where he studied under, and was inspired by, master photographer Takeji Iwamiya. After apprenticing in Tokyo and New York, he went on to become a leading editorial photographer, traveling to countless countries for Japanese and international publications. From documenting a nomadic Kenyan family for more than ten years to photographing unseen elements, he is constantly pursuing a pure, elemental world.
Yasuo Konishi
BORN
Amanohashidate, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
1954
EDUCATION
Osaka University of Arts
1972 – 1976
APPRENTICE
Roppongi Art Center
1976 – 1978
ASSISTANT
Masaharu Ueda Office, New York
1979 – 1980
FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
Tokyo, Japan
1980 – to present
AWARDS
Parco Prize
Asahi Advertising Award
EXHIBITIONS
World Views: Travel Photography Today
Southeast Museum of Photography (curator: Alison Nordstrom)
Daytona Beach, Florida
September 2000
Seeing the Unseen
Gallery Cosmos, Tokyo
March 2010
Luminous Darkness
Le Bain, Tokyo
August 2015
Ikedayama: The Dragon’s Lair
Konnoh Hachiman Shrine, Tokyo
(Official event for Art Fair Tokyo 2016)
May 2016
Fiber Contact
-with fiber artist Maki Ishiwata
Daikanyama Gallery 1F, Tokyo
November 2016
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Southeast Museum of Photography