Michio Yamauchi

is a Japanese street photographer focusing in human photography based in Tokyo.

Life and career Michio Yamauchi was born in a mountain village in Nishimikawa, Aichi (currently part of Toyota City) on October 23, 1950. He studied in the literature department at Waseda University, and after graduating, at 29 years old, entered night school at the Tokyo School of Photography (now Tokyo Visual Arts school .

In 1982, the same year he graduated from the Tokyo School of Photography, Yamauchi took part in an independent gallery known as Image Shop CAMP . During this time, Yamauchi studied under Daidō Moriyama . Afterwards, Yamauchi spent over 10 years as a freelance photographer, mainly participating in independent galleries where he would display photos he took around Tokyo. Yamauchi eventually focused on publishing books of his photography after publishing "To People" (, ) and "City" (, ). From this point on, Yamauchi, whilst continuing photography in Tokyo, began heading overseas as well.

Awards In 1997, Yamauchi won the 22nd Ina Nobuo Award for his exhibition "British Territory Hong Kong" (, ) at the Ginza Nikon Salon in Tokyo, Japan. Then, in 2011, he received the 20th Hayashi Tadahiko Award for his exhibition and photo album titled "Keelung" (, ). This award (林忠彦賞) is given annually by Shunan city and the Shunan City Museum of Art and History, started in 1992, in honor of the photographer Tadahiko Hayashi.

Collections Yamauchi's collections can still currently be seen at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the Shunan City Museum of Art and History, the Nikon Salon and other places throughout Japan.

Solo exhibitions 1982 - "Noraneko - Stray Cats" (, ), Image Shop CAMP, Shinjuku, Tokyo "Children" (, ), Image Shop CAMP, Shinjuku, Tokyo 1983 - "Tokyo vol. 1 - vol. 10" , February 1983 - February 1984, Image Shop CAMP, Shinjuku, Tokyo 1984 - "Tokyo, That One" (, ), Minolta Photo Space (Currently, Konica Minolta Plaza), Shinjuku, Tokyo 1985 - "Tokyo, Showa Year 60, August" (, ), Minolta Photo Space, Shinjuku, Tokyo 1986 - "Tokyo, February '83 to February '86" (, ), Olympus Gallery, Kandaogawa Town, Tokyo 1992 - "To People" (, ), Minolta Photo Space 1994 - "Shanghai Summer" (, ), Ginza Nikon Salon, Ginza, Tokyo 1997 - "British Territory Hong Kong" (, ), Ginza Nikon Salon, Ginza, Tokyo 1999 - "Waikiki", Ginza Nikon Salon, Ginza, Tokyo 2002 - "Tokyo,東京", Ginza Nikon Salon, Ginza, Tokyo 2004 - "Calcutta" (India), Konika Minolta Plaza, Shinjuku, Tokyo 2005 - "Holiday" (Waikiki), independent gallery, Galleria Q (currently, 3rd District Gallery ), Shinjuku, Tokyo 2008 - "Tokyo", Sokyusha (independent gallery and bookshop), Shinjuku, Tokyo 2010 - "Tokyo", December 2009 , tōkyō 2009.12), 3rd District Gallery (independent gallery), Shinjuku, Tokyo "Keelung" (, ), Sokyusha, Shinjuku, Tokyo 2012 - "To People II" (, , hito e ni), Sekka Borderless Space, Nezu, Tokyo

Books City (, machi), Sokyusha, 1992 To People (, hito e), independently published, 1992 Shanghai (, shanhai), independently published, 1995 , Sokyusha, 1997 Noraneko - Stray Cats (, noraneko), Mole., 1999 TOKYO,Tokyo (, tōkyō, tōkyō), Wise Publishing., 2003 , Sokyusha., 2003 Holiday "Waikiki", YK Publishing, 2005 , Rathole Gallery, 2008 Tokyo 2005-2007 (, tōkyō 2005-2007), Sokyusha, 2008 Keelung (, kiirun), Grafica, , 2010 Tokyo 2009-2010 (, tōkyō 2009-2010), Sokyusha, 2012 To People II (, hito e ni), Sokyusha, 2012 DHAKA Tokyo-kirara sha Co., ltd 2015

Other publications/mentions 1984 - Tokyo announced, Camera Mainichi (a magazine published by Mainichi Shimbun),September 1984,pp. 151–174. 1985 - Street continuous publication, Camera Mainichi, January to April 1985 . Snapshots published, Shashin Seikatsu(a monthly magazine published by Tatsumi Publishing) 1986 - Photos displayed, Tokyo Human Encyclopedia (Tokyo Paris friendship cities memorial photo exhibition 東京人間図鑑), Paris Record Tokyo (記録東京, kiroku tōkyō),FACE and NEW FACE in Shashin Jidai(a monthly magazine published by Byakuya Shobo) 1987 - Photos displayed, New Photographic Possibilities, Setagaya Art Museum 1990 - Photos displayed, Japanese (日本人) projected by Japan Foundation , Moscow, Thailand, etc. 1993 - Photos displayed, Breda Photographica (Asahi Camera, October 1993, p. 120), Holland 1997 - Critique, Photographic Memory (写真的記憶) by Kazuo Nishii, pp. 179–180, pp. 305–307. Seikyusha. 1998 - Photos displayed, 20th Century Car Culture, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan 2007 - Photos displayed, The New Collections: Vol. 1, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Ebisu, Tokyo Photos displayed, Portraits of Showa: 1945-1989 , Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Ebisu, Tokyo. Guidebook is Shouwa no fukei (昭和の風景 ), pp. 180–181. Interview, Asahi Camera, November 2007, P. 235 2008 - Photos published, Now, Snapshot Photography is Interesting in Capa (a monthly magazine published by Gakken), October 2008, pp. 126–129. 2010 - Photos displayed, 20th Century Portraits: All photographs are Portraits, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 2011 - Photos displayed, Scenes of Children: Part III Original Scenes Collection, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. Guidebook is Kodomo no joukei, (こどもの情景 ), p. 137. Photos published, 30 Years of Snapshot Photography in Capa, October 2011, pp. 78-79. Photos displayed, 20th Tadahiko Hayashi Award Recipient Memorial Photography Exhibition, Shunan City Museum of Art and History, Yamaguchi, Japan 2012 - Photos displayed, Tadahiko Hayashi Award 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa, Japan Photos published, To People II in Nippon Camera, November 2012, pp. 90-96.