山頭範之
写真家・カメラマン 　長崎県出身

北海道・帯広畜産大学獣医学科在学中、アジア各地への旅行で写真を撮り始める。2001年の米中枢同時テロ 直後、戦禍に巻き込まれたアフガニスタンの人々を撮影し、第8回土門拳文化賞を受賞。2003年、戦闘終結 後のイラクで取材・撮影。「バグダッド報告」として長崎新聞で連載された。2011年から5年間は中国・上 海の高層ビル群の中に残る古い住宅街に通い、そこで暮らす人々を追った。 日本では無人となった北海道・大黒島で漁業を続ける老夫婦に密着。2006年からは拠点を長崎に移し、長崎 県の風土や人々の姿を、地元新聞や季刊誌『樂』などで発表。また、サッカーチームV・ファーレン長崎の オフィシャルカメラマンを務めている。


YAMAGASHIRA Noriyuki
Photographer from Nagasaki, Japan

While studying veterinary medicine at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, I started taking pictures during trips to Asian countries. Right after September 11 attacks in 2001, I took pictures of Afghans engulfed in the turmoil of war, which won the 8th Domon Ken Culture Award, one of Japan’s major photographic awards. In 2003, I visited Iraq for shooting coverage, which was later published as a newspaper serial entitled “Baghdad Report.” Since 2011, Chinese people living in old residential areas surrounded by skyscrapers in Shanghai had caught my eyes, and I visited there several times to shoot their daily lives. While in Japan, an old married-couple living in an abandoned island of Daikokujima, Hokkaido, drew my attention. In 2006, I moved to Nagasaki, and since then, a lot of pictures of people and natural landscapes in the city I took have appeared on local newspapers or magazines. I have also been an official photographer of V-Varen Nagasaki Football Club, a member of J-League, Japanese professional football league.