BKTO About Contact Blog Oregon 2012 Menu BKTO About Contact Blog Oregon 2012 Yasuhiro Ishimoto Ishimoto's many awards include winning the  Young Photographer's Contest ,  Life  magazine (1950); the photographer of the year award,  Japan Photo Critics Association  (1957); the  Mainichi Art Award  (1970); the annual award (1978, 1990) and  distinguished