Michio Yamauchi
Life and career. Michio Yamauchi was born in a mountain village in Nishimikawa, Aichi (currently part of Toyota City) on October 23, 1950. He studied in the literature department at Waseda University, and after graduating, at 29 years old, entered night school at the Tokyo School of Photography (now Tokyo Visual Arts school (). In 1982, the same year he graduated from the Tokyo School of Photography, Yamauchi took part in an independent gallery known as Image Shop CAMP (). During this time, Yamauchi studied under Daidō Moriyama (). Afterwards, Yamauchi spent over 10 years as a freelance photographer, mainly participating  in independent galleries where he would display photos he took around Tokyo. Yamauchi eventually focused on publishing books of his photography after publishing "To People" (, ) and "City"　(, ). From this point on, Yamauchi, whilst continuing photography in Tokyo, began heading overseas as well. Awards. In 1997, Yamauchi won the 22nd Ina Nobuo Award for his exhibition "British Territory Hong Kong" (, ) at the Ginza Nikon Salon in Tokyo, Japan. Then, in 2011, he received the 20th Hayashi Tadahiko Award for his exhibition and photo album titled "Keelung" (, ). This award (林忠彦賞) is given annually by Shunan city and , started in 1992, in honor  of the photographer Tadahiko Hayashi. Collections. Yamauchi's collections can still currently be seen at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the Shunan City Museum of Art and History, the Nikon Salon and other places throughout Japan.