Issei Suda Explained

(24 April 1940 – 7 March 2019) was a Japanese photographer who "[combined] a pure appreciation of Japanese customs with a sharp investigative eye".^[1]

Life and career

Born—as Kazumasa Suda (Suda Kazumasa^{[2] [3]})—in Kanda, Tokyo on 24 April 1940, Suda dropped out of Toyo University in 1961 and entered Tokyo College of Photography, from which he graduated in 1962.^[4]

From 1967 to 1971, Suda worked as the cameraman of the theatrical group Tenjō Sajiki, under Shūji Terayama. He worked as a freelance photographer from 1971. His first photobook, Fūshi kaden, was named after a treatise by Zeami Motokiyo; it won a Photographic Society of Japan newcomer's award in 1976. His fourth, Ningen no kioku, won the Domon Ken Award in 2014.

Suda was a professor at Osaka University of Arts.

He died at the age of 78 on 7 March 2019.

Books by Suda

• Fūshi kaden . Sonorama Shashin Sensho 16. Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1978. .
• Waga-Tōkyō hyaku . Nikon Salon Books 5. Tokyo: Nikkor Club, 1979. .
• Inu no hana: Kimagure, shashin, sanpo . Tokyo: IBC, 1991. .
• Ningen no kioku . Tokyo: Creo, 1996. .
• Akai hana . Tokyo: Wides, 2000. . Early photographs.
• Suda Issei shashinten "Fūshi kaden" . JCII Photo Salon library 165. Tokyo: JCII, 2005.^[5]
• Min'yō sanga . Tokyo: Tōseisha, 2007. .
• Kado no tabakoya made no tabi . Tokyo: Place M, 2011. .
• The Work of a Lifetime: Photographs 1968–2006. Berlin: Only Photography, 2011. .
• Fūshi kaden = Fushikaden. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2012. .^[6]
• Rubber. Tokyo: M-Books, 2012. . Photographs of rubber fetishism.^[7]
• Sen-kyūhyaku-nanajūgo Miura Misaki = 1975 Miuramisaki. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2012. .^[8]
• Sparrow Island. Portland: Nazraeli, 2012. . Photographs of Suzumejima, an islet (35.0894°N 140.1016°W) in Chiba.
• 松之物語 = Monogatari of Pines. Taiwan: 亦安工作室, 2013. .
• Mumei no danjo: Tōkyō 1976–8 . Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2013. 48 pages; edition of 50 copies.
• Early Works 1970–1975. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2013. .^[9]
• Nagi no hira = Fragments of Calm. Tokyo: Tōseisha, 2013. .
• Tōkyō-kei = Tokyokei. Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery, 2013. ^[10]
• Waga-Tōkyō hyaku = Waga Tokyo 100. Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery, 2013. .^[11]
• Osorezan e = The Journey to Osorezan. Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery, 2013. . Photographs of Osorezan.^[12]
• Sōmatō no yō ni: Kamagasaki 2000/2014 = Kamagasaki Magic Lantern. Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery, 2015. . Photographs of Kamagasaki, Osaka.^[13]
• Childhood Days. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2015. .^[14]
• Rei. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2015. . Photographs of mannequins.^[15]
• Bōsō fūdoki . Kamakura: Super Labo, 2015. . Photographs of Bōsō.
• Suda Issei shashinten "Min'yō sanga" . JCII Photo Salon library 294. Tokyo: JCII, 2016. .^[16]
• Suddenly. Tokyo: Place M, 2016. .^[17]
• Sein. Kamakura: Super Labo, 2017. .
• Kannagara = Kan-nagara. Tokyo: Place M, 2017. .^[18]
• Nichijō no danpen = Fragment of Everyday Life. Kyoto: Seigensha, 2018. .
• Mōmaku chokketsu yubisaki me kamera = The Mechanical Retina on My Fingertips. Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery, 2018. . Text in Japanese, English and Chinese.^[19]
• Gankotoshi. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2019. .^[20]
• Entotsu no aru fūkei . Tokyo: Place M, 2019. .^[21]
• Tokyo Modern Pictorial. Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery, 2020. .^[22]
• 78. Paris: Chose Commune, 2020. .^[23]
• New Life. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2020. .^[24]
• Eden. Tokyo: Place M, 2020. .^[25]
• My Japan. Amsterdam: Fw, 2021. Edited by Anne Ruygt. . With an essay by Frits Gierstberg.^[26]
• Mumei no danjo (= Anonymous Man and Woman. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2021. 100 photographs from the series made in the late 1970s. 160 pages; edition of 600 copies.^[27]
• Fūshi kaden = Exhibition Fushikaden. Ningbo: Jiazazhi, 2020. 71 photographs on 72 pages.
• Family Diary = Kazoku nikki . Marseille: Chose Commune, 2021. . With text in French, English and Japanese.^[28]
• Kantō fūtan = The Sketch of Kanto Area. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2022. Edition of 600 copies. 120 pages. Hardcover, 207mm × 216mm.^[29]
• Holy Night. Marseille: Chose Commune, 2022. . With text in French, English and Japanese.^[30]
• Monogusa shui = Monogusa Shui. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2023. Edition of 600 copies. 84 pages, 61 monochrome images (photographed 1976–1982, mostly in Tokyo). Hardcover, 207mm × 216mm.^[31]

Notes

1. 大澤友貴, 「須田一政」, 『フジフイルム・フォトコレクション展　富士フイルム株式会社創立80周年記念コレクション　日本の写真史を飾った写真家の「私の1枚」』 = 101 Only One Photo Collection (Tokyo: Fujifilm, 2016;), pp. 136/238.
2. https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20190307-OYT1T50160 「天井桟敷」カメラマン、写真家の須田一政さん死去
3. https://www.sankei.com/life/news/190307/lif1903070029-n1.html 写真家の須田一政さんが死去　「風姿花伝」
4. 鈴木佳子, 「須田一政」, 『日本写真家事典』 = 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000;, p. 187). Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.
5. Web site: 日本カメラ博物館 JCII Camera Museum：須田一政作品展「風姿花伝」.
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20160108062743/http://www.akionagasawa.com/en/shop/books/akionagasawa/fushikaden/ Akio Nagasawa's page about Fushikaden
7. Web site: 須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「Rubber」. Place M Online Shop.
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20160108062638/http://www.akionagasawa.com/en/shop/books/akionagasawa/1975-miuramisaki/ Akio Nagasawa's page about 1975 Miuramisaki
9. https://web.archive.org/web/20160108063040/http://www.akionagasawa.com/en/shop/books/akionagasawa/early-works-1970-1975-d/ Akio Nagasawa's page about one of five cover variants of Early Works
10. https://zen-foto.jp/en/book/tokyokei Zen Foto Gallery's page about Tokyokei.
11. https://zen-foto.jp/en/book/waga-tokyo-100 Zen Foto Gallery's page about Waga Tokyo 100.
12. https://zen-foto.jp/en/book/the-journey-to-osorezan Zen Foto Gallery's page about The Journey to Osorezan.
13. https://zen-foto.jp/en/book/kamagasaki-magic-lantern Zen Foto Gallery's page about Kamagasaki Magic Lantern.
14. https://web.archive.org/web/20160108062954/http://www.akionagasawa.com/en/shop/books/akionagasawa/childhood-days-a/ Akio Nagasawa's page about one of two cover variants of Childhood Days
15. https://web.archive.org/web/20160301191725/http://www.akionagasawa.com/en/shop/books/akionagasawa/rei/ Akio Nagasawa's page about Rei
16. Web site: 日本カメラ博物館 JCII Camera Museum：須田一政作品展「民謡山河」.
17. Web site: 須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「Suddenly」. Place M Online Shop.
18. Web site: 須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「かんながら」. Place M Online Shop.
19. https://zen-foto.jp/en/book/the-mechanical-retina-on-my-fingertips Zen Foto Gallery's page about The Mechanical Retina at My Fingertips.
20. Web site: Gankotoshi: Issei Suda. Akio Nagasawa.
21. Web site: 須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「煙突のある風景」. Place M Online Shop.
22. https://zen-foto.jp/en/book/tokyo-modern-pictorial Zen Foto Gallery's page about Tokyo Modern Pictorial.
23. https://chosecommune.com/book/issei-suda-trade-edition/ Chose Commune's page about 78.
24. Web site: New Life: Issei Suda . Akio Nagasawa.
25. Web site: 須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「Eden」. Place M Online Shop.
26. Web site: AnOther. 2021-07-05. Issei Suda, the photographer who captured the soul of Japan old and new. 14 May 2021. AnOther.
27. Web site: Anonymous Man and Woman (Tokyo 1976–78): Issei Suda . Akio Nagasawa.
28. https://chosecommune.com/book/family-diary-issei-suda/ Chose Commune's page about Family Diary
29. Web site: The Sketch of Kanto Area: Issei Suda . Akio Nagasawa.
30. https://chosecommune.com/book/issei-suda-holy-night/ Chose Commune's page about Holy Night
31. Web site: Monogusa Shui: Issei Suda . Akio Nagasawa.

References

1. 大澤友貴, 「須田一政」, 『フジフイルム・フォトコレクション展　富士フイルム株式会社創立80周年記念コレクション　日本の写真史を飾った写真家の「私の1枚」』 = 101 Only One Photo Collection (Tokyo: Fujifilm, 2016;), pp. 136/238.
2. https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20190307-OYT1T50160 「天井桟敷」カメラマン、写真家の須田一政さん死去
3. https://www.sankei.com/life/news/190307/lif1903070029-n1.html 写真家の須田一政さんが死去　「風姿花伝」
4. 鈴木佳子, 「須田一政」, 『日本写真家事典』 = 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000;, p. 187). Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.
5. Web site: 日本カメラ博物館 JCII Camera Museum：須田一政作品展「風姿花伝」.
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20160108062743/http://www.akionagasawa.com/en/shop/books/akionagasawa/fushikaden/ Akio Nagasawa's page about Fushikaden
7. Web site: 須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「Rubber」. Place M Online Shop.
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20160108062638/http://www.akionagasawa.com/en/shop/books/akionagasawa/1975-miuramisaki/ Akio Nagasawa's page about 1975 Miuramisaki
9. https://web.archive.org/web/20160108063040/http://www.akionagasawa.com/en/shop/books/akionagasawa/early-works-1970-1975-d/ Akio Nagasawa's page about one of five cover variants of Early Works
10. https://zen-foto.jp/en/book/tokyokei Zen Foto Gallery's page about Tokyokei.
11. https://zen-foto.jp/en/book/waga-tokyo-100 Zen Foto Gallery's page about Waga Tokyo 100.
12. https://zen-foto.jp/en/book/the-journey-to-osorezan Zen Foto Gallery's page about The Journey to Osorezan.
13. https://zen-foto.jp/en/book/kamagasaki-magic-lantern Zen Foto Gallery's page about Kamagasaki Magic Lantern.
14. https://web.archive.org/web/20160108062954/http://www.akionagasawa.com/en/shop/books/akionagasawa/childhood-days-a/ Akio Nagasawa's page about one of two cover variants of Childhood Days
15. https://web.archive.org/web/20160301191725/http://www.akionagasawa.com/en/shop/books/akionagasawa/rei/ Akio Nagasawa's page about Rei
16. Web site: 日本カメラ博物館 JCII Camera Museum：須田一政作品展「民謡山河」.
17. Web site: 須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「Suddenly」. Place M Online Shop.
18. Web site: 須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「かんながら」. Place M Online Shop.
19. https://zen-foto.jp/en/book/the-mechanical-retina-on-my-fingertips Zen Foto Gallery's page about The Mechanical Retina at My Fingertips.
20. Web site: Gankotoshi: Issei Suda. Akio Nagasawa.
21. Web site: 須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「煙突のある風景」. Place M Online Shop.
22. https://zen-foto.jp/en/book/tokyo-modern-pictorial Zen Foto Gallery's page about Tokyo Modern Pictorial.
23. https://chosecommune.com/book/issei-suda-trade-edition/ Chose Commune's page about 78.
24. Web site: New Life: Issei Suda . Akio Nagasawa.
25. Web site: 須田一政 Issei Suda 写真集「Eden」. Place M Online Shop.
26. Web site: AnOther. 2021-07-05. Issei Suda, the photographer who captured the soul of Japan old and new. 14 May 2021. AnOther.
27. Web site: Anonymous Man and Woman (Tokyo 1976–78): Issei Suda . Akio Nagasawa.
28. https://chosecommune.com/book/family-diary-issei-suda/ Chose Commune's page about Family Diary
29. Web site: The Sketch of Kanto Area: Issei Suda . Akio Nagasawa.
30. https://chosecommune.com/book/issei-suda-holy-night/ Chose Commune's page about Holy Night
31. Web site: Monogusa Shui: Issei Suda . Akio Nagasawa.

General references

• Suda Issei / Issei Suda. Nihon no Shashinka 40. Tokyo: Iwanami, 1998. .

External links

• Suda's profile at Shashasha