The Japan Professional Photographers Society (???????, Nihon Shashinka Ky?kai) is a Tokyo-based organization of photographers founded in 1950. Its logo reads "JPS". It was formed from the combination of three earlier organizations, none more than two years old: Seinen H?d? Shashin Kenky?kai (?????????), Seinen Shashinka Ky?kai (???????, Young Photographers' Association), and Shashinka Sh?dan (?????, Photographers' Group),
The organization exists to maintain professional standards and to protect the interests of professional photographers. It also sponsors exhibitions of interest to the general public, and, since 2005, the Younosuke Natori Photography Award for photographers under 30. Its current President (2007) is Takeyoshi Tanuma.
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Notable members
- Takashi Amano
- Ihei Kimura, former chair of the society
- Susumu Matsushima (honorary)
- Toyoko Tokiwa, author of Kiken no Adabana
Maps Japan Professional Photographers Society
Sources and further reading
- Matsuda Takako. "Major Photography Clubs and Associations." In Anne Wilkes Tucker, et al. The History of Japanese Photography. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-300-09925-8. Pp. 373.
- (in Japanese) Nihon shashinka jiten (???????) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tank?sha, 2000. P. 347. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite its alternative title in English, the text is all in Japanese.
External links
- (in Japanese) JPS
- (in English) JPS
- (in Japanese) Younosuke Natori Photography Award
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