Akihiko Okamura

Akihiko Okamura was a Japanese photographer.

Work

Okamura was a war photographer, in the first years of the Vietnam War, as well as in conflict zones in Ethiopia, Biafra, and Northern Ireland.

Publications

All About Life and Death. Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 2014..
The Memories of Others. Prestel, 2024..

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Akihiko Okamura: All About Life and Death, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, July–September 2014
Akihiko Okamura: The Memories of Others, Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, 11 April – 6 July 2024

Group exhibitions

Strange and Familiar, Barbican Centre, London, March–June 2016

General references

Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000.. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.