Motohashi Seiichi

A photographer as well as a filmmaker, Motohashi Seiichi defines himself above all as a realist and a humanist. Born in 1940, he has devoted himself to a variety of themes, always with a social dimension, and has thus contributed to giving visibility to modest and often neglected segments of the population. His subjects have notably included: the impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the labor of coal mines, the world of the circus, the Tsukiji fish market, and Ueno Station.

Motohashi Seiichi has received numerous awards for both his photography and film work: the Taiyo Prize in 1968 for his series on mines, the 17th Ken Domon Prize for his film Nadya's village , or the Photographic Society of Japan Award in 2013 for his photos of Ueno Station in particular. Winner of the Higashikawa Prize for a solo exhibition at the Izu Photo Museum in 2016, his work was also presented this summer alongside that of Robert Doisneau at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.