Introducing Tadahiko Hayashi!!

© Tadahiko Hayashi courtesy of Studio Equis

From his birth Tadahiko was destined it would seem to be a photographer. Born in Yamaguchi in Japan to Ishi Hayashi who also was already a famous photographer, and she even taught Shin'ichi, Tadahiko's father. After Shin'ichi and Ishi's divorce, Tadahiko stayed with his mother, and he grew up learning from his mother the art. One of the factors that led to his being famous is his candid pictures of Jun'ichirou Tanizaki. His pictures depicting the city life are also another popular set. This set even being in an anthropology book in the 1980's. After his starting candid photos became the norm, he then started to tweak his style to be flawless. This led to some staging of the photos at times. In the 1950's he also worked in America with the Miss Universe contest. In the 1980's Tadahiko started traveling around Japan preparing a few photography books. At the same time he also was working as the principal of a photography school. 1985 is the year that Tadahiko announced he had liver cancer, and released one more photography book, Toukaidou. This book was published just two months before his death. He passed away in 1990. His works can now be seen in the Shunan City Museum of Art and History.

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Photo by: Tadahiko Hayashi
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