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Kenichiro Aita会田健一郎
A photographer and ceramic artist from Fukushima City. After working as a reporter and director for Fukushima Central Television and running a jazz café, he became active as a freelance photographer. The “Gallery K” he opened in Fukushima City attracted many artists and performers, and he was also involved in organizing butoh-related events and directing performance works by Ito Tari. While deepening his friendships with photographers such as Daido Moriyama and Kiyoshi Suzuki and pursuing his own unique mode of expression, his life was cut short at the age of 47.
Basic Information
- ID
- PER9
- Born
- 1948 Fukushima, Japan
- Died
- 1995
- Profession(s)
- Photographer
- Nationality
- Japanese
Short Biography
1948 Born in Fukushima City, Japan
1969 Left the Tokyo College of Photography before graduation
1970–1979 Worked in the News Department of Fukushima Central Television
1979–1984 Ran a jazz café in Fukushima City
1984 Began working as a freelance photographer
1986 Contributed photographs to the programme for Kazuo Ohno’s performance in Fukushima
1987 Opened Gallery K
1988 Published the essay collection "[skræp]" (Scrap) (Sho-shi Sai)
1989 In May, collaborated photographically on Ito Tari’s "Cosmos of Epidermis" at Tokyo Terpsichore
In June, published "Kenichiro Aita Photobook: How-Sun No Chi" (Seikyusha)
1995 Passed away