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Michio Washio, who was active as an exclusive photographer for 20 years since the first publication of the weekly photography magazine FOCUS, is a photographer who has also actively presented his works in solo exhibitions. This time he visited Okinawa repeatedly and filmed while deepening his thoughts An exhibition of works that I did
Washio, who was invited to go to Okinawa in 2011, read history books and so on again, and realized that he was only a bystander even though he had been doing so many times before, it is said that his heart was ruffled. Since then, I went to the main island and the islands many times and staring at Okinawa, swaying in various issues such as wars and bases.
When I met the local people in my journey, I was able to hear an individual experience that was different from history books. I also tried walking barefoot along the limestone coast and spent the night in Gama (cave). The portraits that were photographed while walking, thinking, and listening carefully to the stories of those who met, seem to have inscribed the life of the person who was photographed and the history of Okinawa where they lived. There are only works unique to Mr. Washio who looks at the truth that appears in everyday life.

●Michio Washio (Washio Michio)
Born in Tokyo in 1941. After completing the Aichi Prefecture National Takahama Marine School in 1960, he joined Toyo Marine Co., Ltd. (after merger Shingei Shisha), and boarded an overseas route until 1972. Graduated from the Graduate School of Photography in 1973. He became an exclusive photographer of the editorial department of “FOCUS” (Shinchosha), which was first published in 1981, and has been enrolled for 20 years until the holiday. From 1983 to 2004, he served as a lecturer at Nissha Gakuen.

Awards:
“Nobuo Ina Award Special Award” (1991)
“Magazine Journalism Award Selected by Editors” (1996), etc.

Main photo exhibitions:
“People in East Africa Magadine Village” (Shinjuku Nikon Salon, 1972)
“Kotobukicho Erejii” (Ginza Nikon Salon, 1977)
“Face Ethocetra” (Ginza Nikon Salon/Osaka Nikon Salon, 1981)
“Yoboseyo.” (Ginza Nikon Salon, 1984)
“Sonata of Primary Colors” (Gallery PLACE M, 2008)
“Boisato Etsetra” (Shinjuku Nikon Salon, 2010)
“Traveling Road Okinawa” (Ginza Nikon Salon, 2013)
“The era captured by the weekly photography magazine “FOCUS” (JCII Photo Salon, 2017), etc.

Main photo collection:
“Town of Primary Colors” (IPC, 1990)
“Photography” (Wise Publishing, 2000)
“THE SNAP SHOT” (WISE PUBLISHING, 2007)
“Sonata of Primary Colors 1992-95 SEOUL” (PLACE M, 2008), etc.

JCII Photo Salon

https://www.jcii-cameramuseum.jp/photosalon/2021/06/28/29181/