Eiko Yamazawa

Eiko Yamazawa (山沢 栄子 Yamazawa Eiko, 1899.2.191995.7.16) was a renowned Japanese photographer.

She studied nihonga at Private Women's School of Fine Arts.[1] She studied oil painting at California School of Fine Arts[2] where she worked with Consuelo Kanaga.[3] In 1931 she opened a portrait studio in Osaka.[3] In 1950 she established the Yamazawa Institute of Photography in Osaka.[3] In 1960 she moved to abstraction.[3]

References

  1. 展覧会概要_2008年度女子美術大学同窓会企画展「PHOTO+GRAPH展-光の描画-」(Japanese)
  2. Yamazawa Eiko 山沢 栄子(PhotoGuide Japan)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mariko Takeuchi, "Eiko Yamazawa", The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford University Press), reproduced Eiko Yamazawa here in Answers.com.