Michio Hoshino ( Jap. 道夫 道夫 Hoshino Michio , September 27, 1952 , Ichikawa , Japan - August 8, 1996 , Kamchatka Region , Russia ) is a world-famous Japanese wildlife photographer. Killed by a bear in Kamchatka in 1996.
| Michio Hoshino | |
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| 星野 道夫 | |
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| Date of Birth | September 27, 1952 |
| Place of Birth | Ichikawa , Japan |
| Date of death | August 8, 1996 (43 years) |
| Place of death | Kamchatka |
| Citizenship |  Japan |
| Occupation | animal photographer, brown bear specialist |
| Awards and prizes | [d] ( 1990 ) |
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Biography
Born in 1952. As a child, he was interested in adventure literature, at the age of 16 he went on a trip to North America alone. While studying at the university, Michio was already deeply interested in Alaska, when once in a bookstore he came across a picture of the village of Shishmarev , located on , shaken by the distance of the village from civilization, wrote a letter to the mayor of the village. In 1973, Hoshino first visited Shishmaryov, later he returned there repeatedly [1] .
Many photographed the wild nature of Alaska and Russia, was considered one of the best photographers in this area, had students. The great influence of the Japanese master on his work was noted by . During his lifetime published a large number of photographs and essays. Several books were devoted to his memory, in particular The Blue Bear and The Only Kayak .
Family
Had a wife and son. Michio's widow, Naoko, participated in mourning events in Alaska on the 12th anniversary of the death of her husband in Russia.
Death
V. Peskov writes about the circumstances of death: “I met Michio in Alaska - we looked at his photo album together. Filmed in Alaska, he only bears. And in Kamchatka too. In the photographic world, they knew him as an inveterate "bear cub." This time he flew to Kamchatka with a group of TV reporters who decided to take pictures of how Hoshino hunts bears without arms ... Everything was successfully filmed. The group was delayed for another day - something, as always, had to be finished. Sleep lay down on the bunk in a well-known close to me hut. Michio, saying: "Stuffy," - went to sleep in a tent next to the hut. Delicately hinted at bears walking nearby. "I am not touched ..." - as if the photographer laughed. And at night in the hut woke up from a terrible scream. We ran out with flashlights and saw the picture that shook everyone: a large bear was dragging the hero-photographer into the grass and did not let it out of his teeth, despite the heart-rending cries of "rescuers" who did not know what to do. In the morning, a helicopter was called up on the radio. Near the hut they saw a bear sleeping in the grasses. He tried to escape, but was shot. In the same place a half-eaten corpse of the photographer was discovered ” [2] .
Works
- Grizzly . San Francisco: Chronicle, 1987. ISBN 0-87701-431-0 .
Posthumously:
- The Grizzly Bear Family Book . North-South Books, 1997. ISBN 1-55858-701-2 . For young readers.
- Hoshino's Alaska . San Francisco: Chronicle, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8118-5651-5 .
- Moose San Francisco: Chronicle, 1988. Hard cover ISBN 0-87701-503-1 . Flexible cover ISBN 0-87701-494-9 .
See also
- Nikolaenko, Vitaly Alexandrovich
- Treadwell, Timothy
Notes
- ↑ James Singleton. Landscapes of Alaska: Remembering Japanese photographer Michio Hoshino . nippon.com (10/25/2016). The appeal date is October 25, 2016.
- ↑ V.M. Peskov. Meetings with Mikhail (from the series “Love - Kamchatka”)