Susumu Matsushima

was a Japanese photographer famous for portraits of women, fashion photography, and nudes.

Early life Matsushima was born on 5 January 1913 in Ushigome, Tokyo. He studied at Tōkyō Kōtō Kōgei Gakkō (, later incorporated within Chiba University), where a fellow-student was Gen Ōtsuka.

Photography career On graduating in 1933, he joined Jiji Shinpō-sha, but soon quit and moved to Nikkatsu, where he worked as a photographer, focusing especially on portraits of women, which he also submitted to Photo Times and other photographic magazines.

After the war Matsushima went freelance, working on portraits of women, fashion, and the like. In 1948 he created the group Shashinka Shūdan with Fujio Matsugi, Sankichi Ozaki and others. He continued to work prolifically after this.

Matsushima was an honorary member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society and the Japan Photographers Association.

Solo exhibitions

Dai ikkai Matsushima Susumu Josei Shashin-ten , 1952. Matsushima Susumu Josei Shashin Kyōshitsu , 1969. Nūdo forumu .