Admission fee free

Nikon Plaza Tokyo THE GALLERY
4/13 (Tue) ~ 4/26 (Mon)

Nikon Plaza Osaka THE GALLERY
5/13 (Thu) ~ 5/26 (Wed)
* For the time being from April 29 (Thu) 2021, confirmation is required for temporary closure.

Until 15:00 on the last day
Closed on Sundays


The late Katsumi Sunamori was born in Okinawa with a Filipino father belonging to the US Army in Okinawa and a mother from Amami Oshima Island. After living with his father, he became a professional boxer. After that, he studied photography in Osaka, became free after working as a contracted photographer in the photography weekly magazine, and won the Domon Ken Prize for his personal history "Drifting Island Tumaru Water”.
During the three years until the death of Sunamori in 2009, his daughter Kazura was present in the work of Katsumi Sunamori as an assistant, and now she organizes, stores and researches her works. Now 10 years have passed since his death、Starting from Mr. Kazura's strong feelings、Including unpublished works scrutinized photos、It was carried to exhibit a new exhibition。
The “contact zone” refers to the contact area where different languages and cultures interact. Is there a standing point for sand amori on the beach called “contact zone” where everything can be mixed up and separated by lines. The remaining works are supported by strong recordability, and in the changing era background, each time, they show a different shine.
I hope this exhibition will be an opportunity to think again what was ahead of his gaze with a rare photographer named Katsumi Sunamori.
(Supervised Naoki Ishikawa)

●Katsumi Sunamori (Snamori Katsumi)
Born in 1951 on Okinawa Main Island, he sent a boy in Amami Oshima Island and went to Osaka at the age of 15.
After a professional boxer (Kanbayashi Kenkai), he became a photographer.
Graduated from Osaka College of Photography (Osaka Visual Arts College) in March 1975.
1982 Solo exhibition “Roji Ryu” was held on the theme of Kamagasaki, Osaka
(Canon Salon: Osaka, Ginza, Hiroshima/Ohara Gallery: Amami Oshima Island)
July 1984 in Osaka “Kamagasaki” documents/photos “Osaka Ryu”
Received the document file award of the Monthly Playboy magazine (Shueisha).
January 1989 Published a collection of manuscripts on the subject of Kamagasaki: “Kama Tida — Osaka Nishinari” (IPC).
July 1992 Published “Okinawa Shout” (Chikuma Shobo) with the theme of Okinawa.
1993: “Drifting Island and Maru Water”, a photo exhibition on the theme of Okinawa, Amami-Oshima Manila (Philippines)
(Ginza Nikon Salon, Osaka Nikon Salon)
1995 Photo Exhibition “The Town of Revelation” photographed the disaster-stricken areas of the Nagasaki Unzen Fugendake eruption
(Ginza Nikon Salon, Osaka Nikon Salon)
1995 Published Photo Collection “Drifting Island and Water” (published by Cleo)
1996 Photo Collection “Drifting Island and Water” The 15th Ken Domon Award and the 46th Photographic Society of Japan Newcomer Award.
May - June, solo exhibition “Drifting Island and Water: 15th Ken Domon Award Winning Works”
(Ginza Nikon Salon: Osaka Nikon Salon)
August-September 50th Anniversary Solo Exhibition: “Drifting Island and Maru Water”
(Amami Cultural Center 2F Gallery)
June 1997 What do photos tell photo exhibition: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Gallery
June 1998 Published the transcript “Okinawa Kinmon” (Futabasha)
Oct. 1999 studded with his own photographic weekly episode “Do you like scandals?” Published (Mainichi Shimbun)
February 2000 Published “Okinawa Shout (retitled Okinawa Shout)” (Kodansha Bunko)
2001 “Genealogy of Contemporary Photography 2" Exhibition Shinjuku Nikon Salon/Tokyo
January 2006 Published “Okinawa Stories (Okinawa Kinen Renamed)” (Sony Magazines Co., Ltd.)

He died from stomach cancer on June 23, 2009. He died 57 years old.

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