Complex sentence: Suzuki's photographs were highly acclaimed and he won an award for them in 1877, and in 1889 he and Maruki Riyō were commissioned to photograph Emperor Meiji and his wife.
Split into simpler sentences: Suzuki's photographs were highly acclaimed and he won an award for them in 1877. In 1889 he and Maruki Riyō photographed Emperor Meiji and his wife.