MIYAKO ISHIUCHI HASSELBLAD AWARD WINNER 2014
2014-03-10Miyako Ishiuchi has been awarded the 2014 Hasselblad Award. This is one of the most important and prestigious photography prizes in the world today. Previous winners include Lee Friedlander (2005), Jeff Wall (2002), William Eggleston (1998), Robert Frank (1996), Richard Avedon (1991), Irving Penn (1985) and Henri Cartier-Bresson (1982). Miyako Ishiuchi (b.1947), celebrated Japanese photographer, is known for her poignant work which confronts the trauma present in post-war Japan and the dawning of a new era. Her personal projects include Yokosuka Story, Apartment, Endless Night, Mother’s and Silken Dreams. In 2005 she represented Japan at the Venice Biennale with her series Mother’s.
Opposite – Yokosuka Story #98, 1976-1977
