PRESS REVIEWS: "Capturing Fascinating Life Images" by Helen Peacocke (Oxford Gazette, UK United Kingdom, 2004)
The work of Japanese photographer Hidesawa Sudo, which is on show at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, illustrates how effective black-and-white photography can be when the man behind the lens is a gifted artist.
He is a fine art photographer and member of the Royal Photographic Society based in Osaka, Japan, and his work is now being displayed around the world. It is because his pictures capture moments in the life of ordinary people that they have become so popular.
He has an ability to notice aspects of life that others fail to see, which provides his pictures with a momentum all of their own and gives his work a documentary style. As he only uses natural light, his pictures have a soft finish and are therefore not intrusive. The people he captures on film seldom realize they are being photographed.
By being able to capture them as they go about their everyday lives, there is a considerable depth within his work, which compels visitors to his exhibitions to stay for longer than they intended.
He said that the images on show are a document of his travels to far away places, beginning from his doorstep in Osaka. He offers those who have not traveled a chance to see the world through his eyes and share his remarkable pictorial journey.
AWARDS:
The RPS 148th International Print Exhibition Prize (UK United Kingdom, 2005), The 64th Sankiten Fine Art Award & Nippon Camera Award (Japan, 2012) and so forth.
COLLECTIONS:
Mensline Australia (Melbourne, Australia)
Australia Library of Otemon Gakuin University (Osaka, Japan)
Consulate-General of Japan at JEJU (South Korea)
Asia Art Archive Collection (Hong Kong, China)
BIOGRAPHY AND EXHIBITIONS:
1996 - Graduates from Otemon Gakuin University in Osaka, Japan (majors in Economics)
1997 - Fine Art Exhibition at the Kyung-Hee University Gallery
(Group, Seoul, South Korea)
2000 - Attends a workshop by Magnum Photos. Inspired by
Chris Steele Perkins (Tokyo, Japan)
2001 - Joins the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain
(Bath, England)
2002 - Areum Exhibition at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
(Group, Kyoto, Japan)
2002 - Areum Param Exhibition at the Gallery Art Space K (Group,
Osaka, Japan)
2002 - The 7th How are you, PHOTOGRAPHY? Exhibition at the COHJU Contemporary Art Gallery (Group, Kyoto, Japan)
2002 - Attends a photo workshop by Yutaka Takanashi at Kyoto Seika University (Kyoto, Japan)
2003 - The Month of Photography Osaka 2003 at the Sen-Space Gallery (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2003 - The 8th How are you, PHOTOGRAPHY? Exhibition at the
Doujidai Gallery of Art (Group, Kyoto, Japan)
2004 - "Transitions Exhibition" at the Community Gallery
(Group, Leamington Spa, England)
2004 - "Travels in Japan and Korea" at the Theatre Chipping
Norton (Solo, Oxford, England)
2004 - The 9th How are you, PHOTOGRAPHY? Exhibition at the COHJU Contemporary Art Gallery (Group, Kyoto, Japan)
2005 - The Month of Photography Osaka 2005 at the Fujifilm
Photo Salon Gallery (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2005 - The Exhibition of the Five Artists at Marziart
Internationale Galerie (Group, Hamburg, Germany)
2005 - The International Biennale of Contemporary Art
(Group, Arad, Romania)
2005 - The RPS 148th International Print Exhibition (Group,
UK United Kingdom)
2005 - Joins the Canadian Association for Photographic Art
(CAPA)
2006 - The Month of Photography Osaka 2006 at the Sen-Space Gallery (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2006 - "Contemporary Photography in Japan" Exhibition at the Ginza Artbox Gallery (Group, Tokyo, Japan)
2007 - The Month of Photography Osaka 2007 at the Pilzen Gallery (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2007 - Perspectives on Love at the Collingwood Gallery (Group, Melbourne, Australia)
2008 - The Permanent Exhibition at the Australian Library in Otemon Gakuin University (Solo, Osaka, Japan)
2008 - The Month of Photography Osaka 2008 at the Sen-Space Gallery (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2008 - "From Near and Far": The RPS Victorian Chapter Exhibition at the Melbourne Camera Club Gallery (Group, Melbourne, Australia)
2008 - "Still Life Revisited": The RPS Contemporary Group Exhibition at the Warwickshire Arts Week (Group, Warwickshire, England)
2008 - Holga Expo 2008 at the Gallery Nadar (Group, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan)
2008 - Artportfolio at Artzone 2008 (Group, Kyoto, Japan)
2008 - Attends the 120th Anniversary Ceremony of Otemon Gakuin University at Osakajo-Hall (Osaka, Japan)
2009 - The Month of Photography Osaka 2009 at the Visual Arts Gallery (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2009 - Holga Expo 2009 at the Gallery Nadar (Group, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan)
2009 - "Still Life Revisited": The RPS Contemporary Group Exhibition at the Cube 3 Gallery (Group, Plymouth, England)
2009 - "Light Years": The RPS Victorian Chapter Exhibition at the Melbourne Camera Club Gallery (Group, Melbourne, Australia)
2010 - "Mix Art Festival" at O Art Museum (Group, Tokyo, Japan)
2010 - The Month of Photography Osaka 2010 at the Olympus Gallery (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2010 - Holga Expo 2010 at the Gallery Nadar (Group, Tokyo, Japan)
2010 - "Summer Story" Exhibition at Ittosha Gallery (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2010 - Coventry Art Fair: Art auction for beat at Taylor Johns House (Group, England)
2010 - The RPS Victorian Chapter Exhibition 2010 at the Melbourne Camera Club Gallery (Group, Melbourne, Australia)
2010 - "Small Work" Exhibition at Art Imagine Gallery (Group, Tokyo, Japan)
2011 - The Month of Photography Osaka 2011 at the Nikon Salon Gallery (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2011 - "For Your Smile 311" Exhibition at the Nakanoshima Design Museum (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2011 - The RPS Victorian Chapter Exhibition 2011 at the Melbourne Camera Club Gallery (Group, Melbourne, Australia)
2012 - Japan Landscape Exhibition at The Jeju Culture & Art Center, Organized by Consulate-General of Japan at JEJU (Group, South Korea)
2012 - The 64th Sanki Art Exhibition at The National Art Center, Tokyo (Group, Tokyo, Japan)
2012 - The Month of Photography Osaka 2012 at the Visual Arts Gallery (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2012 - Australian Photography Exhibition at Shogunyama Hall in Otemon Gakuin University (Solo, Osaka, Japan)
2012 - The 64th Sanki Art Exhibition at The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Group, Touring exhibition, Japan)
2012 - Japan Landscape Exhibition at the Lee Joong Seop Art Museum, Organized by Consulate-General of Japan at JEJU (Group, Touring exhibition, South Korea)
2012 - The 64th Sanki Photography Exhibition at The Osaka City Museum of Fine Art (Group, Touring exhibition, Japan)
2012 - The RPS Victorian Chapter Exhibition 2012 at the Melbourne Camera Club Gallery (Group, Melbourne, Australia)
2013 - "For Your Smile 311" Exhibition at Hankyu Department Umeda Main Store (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2013 - The 65th Sanki Art Exhibition at The National Art Center, Tokyo (Group, Tokyo, Japan)
2013 - The Month of Photography Osaka 2013 at the Nikon Salon Gallery (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2013 - Ballarat International Foto Biennale (Group, Ballarat, Australia)
2014 - "Small Work" Exhibition at Art Imagine Gallery (Group, Tokyo, Japan)
2014 - "The Invited Artists" Exhibition at Art Imagine Gallery (Group, Tokyo, Japan)
2015 - The 67th Sanki Art Exhibition at The National Art Center, Tokyo (Group, Tokyo, Japan)
2015 - The 64th Sanki Art Exhibition at Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya (Group, Touring exhibition, Japan)
2015 - "For Your Smile 311" Exhibition at Spinning Mill (Group, Osaka, Japan)
2015 - "Say Hello to Andre Kertesz - Hidesawa Sudo Photo Exhibition" at Art Imagine Gallery (Solo, Tokyo, Japan)
PUBLICATIONS:
2002 - "Art, Life and Photography" series: Contemporary
Photography Journal (The Contemporary Group of the RPS,
Bath, England)
2002 - Untitled" series: Areum Exhibition (Areum Art
Network, Kyoto, Japan)
2003 - "Photo Gallery Room 73" series: Photographer?fs
Webring (Franco Olivetti, Milan, Italy)
2004 - "New Photographers File" (ARTBOX International,
Tokyo, Japan)
2004 - Travels in Japan and Korea" series: Contemporary
Photography Journal (The Contemporary Group of the RPS,
Bath, England)
2005 - "Aimless Walk" (Photoback, Tokyo, Japan)
2005 - "The Royal Photographic Society 148th International
Print Exhibition Catalogue" (Bath, England)
2006 - "Contemporary Photography in Japan vol.7" (ARTBOX International, Tokyo, Japan)
2006 - "The International Biennale of Contemporary Art Catalogue" (Arad, Romania)
2007 - Hidesawa Sudo: An RPS Visitor from Japan" (The RPS Victorian Chapter Newsletter, Melbourne, Australia)
2008 - "Still Life Revisited Catalogue" (The Contemporary Group of the RPS, Bath, England)
2008 - From Near and Far CD Catalogue" (The RPS Victorian Chapter, Melbourne, Australia)
2009 - The First Impression: An Overview of Australian Photography": Contemporary Photography Journal (The Contemporary Group of the RPS, Bath, England)
2009 - "Otemon Gakuin no Rirekisho Bunkajinhen (Otemon Gakuin Alumni" Biography Book, Nikkei PR Osaka, Osaka, Japan)
2009 - Light Years CD Catalogue" (The RPS Victorian Chapter, Melbourne, Australia)
2010 - From East and West" series: Contemporary
Photography Journal (The Contemporary Group of the RPS,
Bath, England)
2013 - "Aimless Walk II" (Photoback, Tokyo, Japan)
2014 - "Say Hello to Kertesz" (Inscape, London, England)
2015 - "ART, LIFE AND PHOTOGRAPHY: MEMORY IS THE TREASURE OF THE HEART (The RPS Australian Chapter Newsletter, Melbourne, Australia)
2015 - "Otemon Gakuin no Rirekisho Daigakuhen (Otemon Gakuin Alumni" Biography Book, Maruzen Publishing, Tokyo, Japan)...
