About Yasuyoshi Chiba
Born 1971. Yasuyoshi Chiba is a Japanese photographer.
Yasuyoshi Chiba is a Japanese photojournalist, based in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2020 he won World Press Photo of the Year.
Life and work
Chiba has worked for Agence France-Presse since 2011 and is currently its Chief Photographer for East Africa and the Indian Ocean. His photojournalism has mostly been made in Brazil and Kenya.
Publications Kenya Burning, Mgogoro Baada ya Uchaguzi 2007/8. Nairobi: GoDown Arts Centre, 2009. . With Boniface Mwangi. Edited by Billy Kahora. In English and Swahili.
Exhibitions Football as seen through the eyes of children in Cidade de Deus favela, with Christophe Simon, Visa pour l'Image, Perpignan, France
Awards 2008: Public Prize, Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents, Bayeux, France 2009: Winner, People in the News – Singles category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam 2012: Winner, People in the News – Stories category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam 2020: Winner, World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Photo, Amsterdam 2020: Winner, General News – Singles category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam
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Who is Yasuyoshi Chiba?
Japanese photographer
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Yasuyoshi Chiba was born in 1971 in Saiki.
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