1913 - Kineo Kuwabara

桑原甲子雄於1913年出生東京，是一位著名的攝影師和雜誌編輯，以其對東京的記錄而聞名。他的職業生涯始於一張用徠卡C相機拍攝的照片在一次比賽中獲得二等獎，此後他開始定期為攝影期刊供稿。 1940年，他前往滿洲拍攝軍事題材照片。戰後，他回到日本，擔任一位頗具影響力的編輯。桑原的作品在1960年代末獲得了廣泛的讚譽，使他成為歷史上最具批判性的街頭攝影師之一。荒木經惟在重振人們對桑原作品的興趣方面發揮了關鍵作用；1993年夏天，兩人在世田谷美術館舉辦了名為「我愛你，東京」的聯合展覽。本館收藏了大量桑原的個人物品和原作照片。

BORN IN TOKYO IN 1913, KINEAO KUWABARA WAS A RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER AND MAGAZINE EDITOR FAMOUS FOR HIS CHRONICLES OF TOKYO. HIS CAREER WAS SPARKED WHEN A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WITH A LEICA C WON SECOND PRIZE IN A COMPETITION, LEADING HIM TO CONTRIBUTE REGULARLY TO PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNALS. IN 1940, HE TRAVELED TO MANCHURIA TO CAPTURE MILITARY IMAGERY. POST-WAR, HE RETURNED TO JAPAN AND SERVED AS AN INFLUENTIAL EDITOR. KUWABARA'S WORK GAINED SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL ACCLAIM IN THE LATE 1960S, ESTABLISHING HIM AS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS IN HISTORY. NOBUYOSHI ARAKI PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN REVIVING INTEREST IN HIS LEGACY; THE TWO HELD A JOINT EXHIBITION TITLED "LOVE YOU TOKYO" AT THE SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM IN THE SUMMER OF 1993. OUR MUSEUM HOUSES A VAST COLLECTION OF KUWABARA’S PERSONAL ARTIFACTS AND ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS.