Am Ă®nceput sÄ fac fotografii la vĂ®rsta de 14 ani. […]
Miya Kosei s-a nÄscut Ă®n 1937 la Tokio. A studiat ĹźtiinĹŁe sociale, literaturÄ, eseisticÄ Ĺźi criticÄ de specialitate, fotografie de artÄ etc. ĂŽn 1965 a descoperit România, Ĺźi mai ales MaramureĹźul, care l-a entuziasmat Ĺźi unde a revenit de peste o sutÄ Ĺźaizeci de ori. Multe dintre cÄrĹŁile Ĺźi mai multe albume de fotografii sunt consacrate României. CÄrĹŁi publicate: Romanian Rhapsody, Tokio, Kokushokankoukai, 1986; Europa Orientalis – Romanian Red Rose, Tokyo, Nihon Vogue, 1991; La Roumanie des quatre saisons, Paris, Editions de MusĂ©e de l’Homme, 1997; MaramureĹźul, BucureĹźti, Humanitas, 2000; Romanian Anthem – Europe of Europe, Tokyo, Heibonsha, 2002; Romania – People, Alcohol, Songs, Tokyo, Tokyo Shoseki, 2002; Aleksandr Sokurov, Tokyo, Michitani, 2006; Yuri Norstein, Tokyo, Michitani, 2007; The People of Sheep and Fir, Tokyo, Michitani, 2007; Song of the Sheep and the Fir, Tokyo, Michitani, 2008; MaramureĹź – In a Small Village in Romania, Tokyo, Michitani, 2008; MaramureĹźul meu, Cluj, Idea Design & Print, 2015. ParticipÄ la numeroase expoziĹŁii, printre care enumerÄm: MaramureĹź, Linz, Nordico Stadtmuseum, 1994; Rumänische Rhapsodie, Viena (Kitsee), Ethnographisches Museum Rathaus, 1996; Rapsodia Romena, VeneĹŁia, Palazzo Correr, 1997; La Roumanie des quatre saisons. Le Maramures photographiĂ© par Kosei Miya, Paris, MusĂ©e de l’Homme, 1998; MaramureĹź, New York, East and West Gallery, 1999; Transilvania mea, Sibiu, Festival Astra Film, Casa de CulturÄ a Sindicatelor, 2007; Maramures, Auckland, Green Gallery, 2012; Maramures – la vie, les hommes, Beauvais, Théâtre du Beauvais, 2014; Maramures – Authentic Life, Ekaterinburg, Philharmonie, 2015; Romania, Yujinosahalinsk, Puppet Theatre, 2015. Premii: Child Welfare Culture Award (Japonia), Medalia culturalÄ a Guvernului României, membru onorific al Institutului Cultural Român.
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