Norihiko Matsumoto (松本 徳彦, Matsumoto Norihiko, born 1936) is a Japanese writer on photography, and photographer.

Born in Onomichi, Hiroshima, on 1 January 1936, Matsumoto graduated from Nihon University in 1958. He started to work for the publishing company Shufu-to-Seikatsusha while still a student, but went freelance in 1963, mostly working for corporate and other magazines. From 1964 his photography was mainly of the theatre.[1]

Matsumoto has published numerous books about the history of Japanese photography.[1]

Eighteen prints by Matsumoto are in the collection of the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.[2]

Books by Matsumoto

  • Mizutani Yaeko 1974–1979 (水谷八重子 1974–1979). Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1980. Photographs by Matsumoto.
  • Kamera o hajimeru hito no tame ni (カメラを始める人のために). Tokyo: Ikeda Shoten, 1984.
  • Shōwa o toraeta shashinka no me: Sengo shashin no ayumi o tadoru (昭和をとらえた写真家の眼 戦後写真の歩みをたどる). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1989.
  • A Collection of Japanese Photographs, 1912–1940. Tokyo: Shashinkosha, 1990.
  • Matsumoto Norihiko sakuhin-ten: Nissei gekijō 1964–1971 (展覧会カタログ『松本徳彦作品展 日生劇場の演劇1964～1971). Tokyo: JCII Photo Salon, 1995.
  • Shashinka no kontakuto tanken: Ichimai no meisaku wa dō ebareta ka (写真家のコンタクト探検 一枚の名作はどう選ばれたか). Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1996.
  • Monokurōmu shashin no miryoku (モノクローム写真の魅力). Tonbo no Hon. Tokyo: Shinchōsha, 1998. With Tsuneo Enari.
  • Nihon no bijutsukan to shashin korekushon (日本の美術館と写真コレクション). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2002.
  • Koshiji Fubuki: Ai no sanka (越路吹雪 愛の讃歌) = Fubuki Koshiji: Hymne à l'amour. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2003.
  • Shimanami Norumandī "futatsu no toshi" shashinten: Matsumoto Norihiko: Shimanami kaidō 10-shūnen kinen (しまなみ・ノルマンディー「二つの都市」写真展 松本徳彦 しまなみ海道10周年記念). Onomichi, Hiroshima: Onomichi City Museum of Art, 2009.
  • Toki o kizanda shashin: Hozon ga nozomareru firumu (ときを刻んだ写真 保存が望まれるフィルム). Tokyo: JCII Photo Salon, 2011.
  • Shitte imasuka ... Hiroshima Nagasaki no genshi bakudan: Hibaku kara 70-nen (知っていますか...ヒロシマ・ナガサキの原子爆弾 被爆から70年). Tokyo: JCII Photo Salon, 2015.

References

  1. 1 2 Masaaki Hirakata (平方正昭), "Matsumoto Norihiko" (松本徳彦); page 288 within Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.
  2. ↑ Search in the collection, 5 February 2020.
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