Hisae Imai

Hisae Imai (今井 寿恵, Imai Hisae, 19312009) was a Japanese photographer who specialized in the photography of horses.[1]

Hisae Imai
Born(1931-07-19)July 19, 1931
Tokyo, Japan
DiedFebruary 17, 2009(2009-02-17) (aged 77)
NationalityJapanese
EducationBunka Gakuin
Known forPhotography

Born in Tokyo in 1931, Imai graduated from Bunka Gakuin (文化学院) in 1952. She had her first solo exhibition in 1952; from the 1970s, most of her numerous solo exhibitions were of photographs of horses.[1]

Imai died on 17 February 2009.[2][3]

Permanent collections

Imai's photographs are represented in the permanent collections of:

Notes

  1. Potted biography at fotonoma.jp (Fujifilm) (in Japanese)
  2. Death notice, Okuyaminavi.com, 19 February 2009. (in Japanese)
  3. http://www.psj.or.jp/report/photographic_expression%20in2009.pdf
  4. 日本写真家事典 (Nihon shashinka jiten) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers) (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ISBN 4-473-01750-8). (in Japanese)
  5. "Hisae Imai - MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.


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