Akihide Tamura
Akihide Tamura is a Japanese photographer. He was born in Tokyo on 13 March 1947 as Shigeru Tamura. He studied at Tokyo College of Photography, graduating first in 1967 and then from a more advanced course two years later.
Tamura's first solo exhibition — under the name Shigeru Tamura — was Yume no hikari in Ginza Nikon Salon in 1969. He became known for his somewhat harsh monochrome depictions of landscapes. In 1974 his works appeared within the "New Japanese Photography" show in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Tamura made the stills for several of the late films of Akira Kurosawa, and has published a book of photographs taken on the sets of Kurosawa's films.
