Jun Abe

is a Japanese street photographer and educator who lives and works in Osaka. As of autumn 2014, he has produced six books of photographs of people in cities, including Citizens: 1979–1983, which won the Society of Photography Award. He was the official photographer of the butoh dance group Byakko-sha from 1982 to 1994.

Life and work Abe was born in Osaka.

From 1982 to 1994 he was the official photographer for Byakko-sha , a butoh dance group based in Kyoto. In this capacity he travelled extensively in 1982 and 1983. Village, 1989. . Black and white photographs; essay by Isamu Ōsuka and artist chronology in Japanese. = Ōsaka. Osaka: Vacuum, 2007. . Vacuum Press 1. Colour photographs. = Citizens: 1979–1983. Osaka: Vacuum, 2009. . Vacuum Press 4. Black and white photographs; no captions or other text. = Kokubyaku nōto: 1996–1999 = Black & white note: 1996–1999. Osaka: Vacuum, 2010. . Vacuum Press 5. Black and white photographs; no captions or other text. = Manira: August, 1983 = Manila: August, 1983. Osaka: Vacuum, 2011. . Vacuum Press 7. Black and white photographs; no captions or other text. = Kokubyaku nōto: 2 = Black & white note 2. Osaka: Vacuum, 2012. . Vacuum Press 9. Black and white photographs; no captions or other text. 2001. Osaka: Vacuum, 2013. . Vacuum Press 11. Black and white photographs; no captions or other text. Busan. Osaka: Vacuum, 2014. Black and white photographs. = 1981 (jō) = 1981: Top. Osaka: Vacuum, 2015. Vacuum Press 14. First volume of a two-volume set. Black and white photographs. = 1981 (ge) = 1981: Bottom. = 1981 Kōbe = 1981: Kobe. Osaka: Vacuum, 2016. New York. Osaka: Vacuum, 2017. Citizens in Society 1989~1994. Osaka: Vacuum, 2019.

Exhibitions Solo exhibitions 2006: Black & White Note: Box, Gallery 10:06, Osaka. 2012: Citizens/1983, Gallery Niépce, Tokyo. 2012/2013: Citizens, The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka. 2013: Black & White Note, Black & White Note 2, Place M Photo Gallery, Tokyo. Related to his Society of Photography Award.

Group exhibitions 2011: Citizens, Quad Gallery, Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK, 4 March–8 May 2011. 2013: Paris Photo, Grand Paris, Paris. Presented by The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka. 2013: Citizens, The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka. With Miyako Ishiuchi. Part of the exhibition Paris Photo 2013.

Awards 2013: Society of Photography Award (Shashin no Kai shō) from the Society of Photography.