Issei Suda

Issei Suda (須田 一政, Suda Issei) (24 April 1940 – 7 March 2019) was a Japanese photographer who "[combined] a pure appreciation of Japanese customs with a sharp investigative eye".^[1]

Life and career

Born—as Kazumasa Suda (須田 一政 Suda Kazumasa^[2][3])—in Kanda, Tokyo on 24 April 1940, Suda dropped out of Toyo University in 1961 and entered Tokyo College of Photography, from which he graduated in 1962.^[4]

From 1967 to 1971, Suda worked as the cameraman of the theatrical group

Suda was a professor at Osaka University of Arts.

He died at the age of 78 on 7 March 2019.^[2][3]

Books by Suda

• Fūshi kaden (風姿花伝).
  NCID BN04412945
  .
• Waga-Tōkyō hyaku (わが東京100). Nikon Salon Books 5. Tokyo: Nikkor Club, 1979.
  NCID BA50716008
  .
• Inu no hana: Kimagure, shashin, sanpo (犬の鼻：気紛れ・写真・散歩). Tokyo: IBC, 1991.
  ISBN 4-87198-849-X
  .
• Ningen no kioku (人間の記憶). Tokyo: Creo, 1996.
  ISBN 4-87736-001-8
  .
• Akai hana (紅い花). Tokyo: Wides, 2000.
  ISBN 4-89830-030-8
  . Early photographs.
• Suda Issei shashinten "Fūshi kaden" (須田一政作品展「風姿花伝」). JCII Photo Salon library 165. Tokyo: JCII, 2005.[n 1]
• Min'yō sanga (民謡山河). Tokyo: Tōseisha, 2007.
  ISBN 978-4-88773-077-9
  .
• Kado no tabakoya made no tabi (角の煙草屋までの旅). Tokyo: Place M, 2011.
  ISBN 4905360005
  .
• The Work of a Lifetime: Photographs 1968–2006. Berlin: Only Photography, 2011.
  ISBN 978-3-9812537-5-7
  .
• Fūshi kaden (風姿花伝) = Fushikaden. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2012.
  NCID BB29473912.^{[n 2]}
• Rubber. Tokyo: M-Books, 2012.
  ISBN 978-4-905360-03-2. Photographs of rubber fetishism.^{[n 3]}
• Sen-kyūhyaku-nanajūgo Miura Misaki (一九七五 三浦三崎) = 1975 Miuramisaki. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2012.
  NCID BB29471917.^{[n 4]}
• Sparrow Island. Portland: Nazraeli, 2012.
  ISBN 9781590053652. Photographs of Suzumejima (雀島), an islet (35°05′22″N 140°06′06″E / 35.0894°N 140.1016°E / 35.0894; 140.1016 (Suzumejima)) in Chiba
  .
• 松之物語 = Monogatari of Pines. Taiwan: 亦安工作室, 2013.
  ISBN 9789868857353
  .
• Mumei no danjo: Tōkyō 1976–8 (無名の男女 東京 1976–8). Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2013. 48 pages; edition of 50 copies.
  NCID BB29473005
• Early Works 1970–1975. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2013.
  NCID BB29473719.^{[n 5]}
• Nagi no hira (凪の片) = Fragments of Calm. Tokyo: Tōseisha, 2013.
  ISBN 978-4-88773-145-5
  .
• Tōkyō-kei (東京景) = Tokyokei. Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery, 2013.
  ISBN 978-4-905453-30-7^{[n 6]}
• Waga-Tōkyō hyaku (わが東京100) = Waga Tokyo 100. Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery, 2013.
  ISBN 978-4-905453-31-4.^{[n 7]}
• Osorezan e (恐山へ) = The Journey to Osorezan. Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery, 2013.
  Osorezan.^{[n 8]}
• Sōmatō no yō ni: Kamagasaki 2000/2014 (走馬灯のように 釜ケ崎2000・2014) = Kamagasaki Magic Lantern. Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery, 2015.
  NCID BB2084196X. Photographs of Kamagasaki, Osaka.^{[n 9]}
• Childhood Days. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2015.
  NCID BB1976743X.^{[n 10]}
• Rei. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2015.
  NCID BB19854614. Photographs of mannequins.^{[n 11]}
• Bōsō fūdoki (房総風土記). Kamakura: Super Labo, 2015.
  ISBN 978-4-905052-88-3. Photographs of Bōsō
  .
• Suda Issei shashinten "Min'yō sanga" (須田一政作品展「民謡山河」). JCII Photo Salon library 294. Tokyo: JCII, 2016.
  NCID BB20279502.^{[n 12]}
• Suddenly. Tokyo: Place M, 2016.
  ISBN 978-4-905360-14-8.^{[n 13]}
• Sein. Kamakura: Super Labo, 2017.
  ISBN 9784908512032
  .
• Kannagara (かんながら) = Kan-nagara. Tokyo: Place M, 2017.
  ISBN 978-4-905360-17-9.^{[n 14]}
• Nichijō no danpen (日常の断片) = Fragment of Everyday Life. Kyoto: Seigensha, 2018.
  ISBN 978-4-86152-657-2
  .
• Mōmaku chokketsu yubisaki me kamera (網膜直結指先目カメラ) = The Mechanical Retina on My Fingertips. Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery, 2018.
  NCID BB27686209. Text in Japanese, English and Chinese.^{[n 15]}
• Gankotoshi. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2019.
  NCID BB29498775.^{[n 16]}
• Entotsu no aru fūkei (煙突のある風景). Tokyo: Place M, 2019.
  ISBN 978-4-905360-26-1.^{[n 17]}
• Tokyo Modern Pictorial. Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery, 2020.
  ISBN 978-4-905453-92-5.^{[n 18]}
• 78. Paris: Chose Commune, 2020.
  ISBN 979-10-96383-16-0.^{[n 19]}
• New Life. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2020.
  NCID BC06174454.^{[n 20]}
• Eden. Tokyo: Place M, 2020.
  ISBN 978-4-905360-32-2.^{[n 21]}
• My Japan. Amsterdam: Fw, 2021. Edited by Anne Ruygt.
  ISBN 9789490119959. With an essay by Frits Gierstberg.^[5]
• Mumei no danjo (無名の男女 = Anonymous Man and Woman. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2021. 100 photographs from the series made in the late 1970s. 160 pages; edition of 600 copies.[n 22]
• Fūshi kaden (風姿花伝) = Exhibition Fushikaden. Ningbo: Jiazazhi, 2020. 71 photographs on 72 pages.
• Family Diary = Kazoku nikki (家族日記). Marseille: Chose Commune, 2021.
  ISBN 979-10-96383-26-9. With text in French, English and Japanese.^{[n 23]}
• Kantō fūtan (関東風譚) = The Sketch of Kanto Area. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2022. Edition of 600 copies. 120 pages. Hardcover, 207mm × 216mm.[n 24]
• Holy Night. Marseille: Chose Commune, 2022.
  ISBN 979-10-96383-36-8. With text in French, English and Japanese.^{[n 25]}
• Monogusa shui (物草拾遺) = Monogusa Shui. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, 2023. Edition of 600 copies. 84 pages, 61 monochrome images (photographed 1976–1982, mostly in Tokyo). Hardcover, 207mm × 216mm.[n 26]

Notes

References

General references

• (in Japanese) Suda Issei (須田一政) / Issei Suda.
  ISBN 4-00-008380-5
  .

• Suda's profile at Shashasha