Yasuyoshi Chiba

Yasuyoshi Chiba is a Japanese photojournalist, based in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2020 he won World Press Photo of the Year.

Life and work

Chiba has worked for Agence France-Presse since 2011[1] and is currently its Chief Photographer for East Africa and the Indian Ocean.[2] His photojournalism has mostly been made in Brazil and Kenya.[1] He is based in Nairobi, Kenya.[3]

Publications
  • Kenya Burning, Mgogoro Baada ya Uchaguzi 2007/8. Nairobi: Godown Arts Centre, 2009. ISBN 978-9966718211. With Boniface Mwangi. Edited by Billy Kahora. In English and Swahili.[4]

Exhibitions
  • Football as seen through the eyes of children in Cidade de Deus favela, with Christophe Simon, Visa pour l'Image, Perpignan, France[5]

Awards
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References
  1. Taylor, Alan. "2018 Seen Through the Lens of Yasuyoshi Chiba - The Atlantic". www.theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. "Yasuyoshi Chiba". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  3. "AFP's Yasuyoshi Chiba wins top World Press Photo prize for Sudan protest picture". The Japan Times Online. 17 April 2020. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2020-04-17 – via Japan Times Online.
  4. Kahora, Billy; Chiba, Yasuyoshi; Mwangi, Boniface; Centre, GoDown Arts; Trust, Kwani. Kenya burning : mgogoro baada ya uchaguzi 2007/8. Nairobi, Kenya : GoDown Arts Centre : Kwani Trust. ISBN 978-9966-7182-1-1 – via Trove.
  5. "Football as seen through the eyes of children in Cidade de Deus favela". Visa pour l’image. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  6. AFP, J. B. (lefigaro fr) Avec (12 October 2008). "Un journaliste du Figaro récompensé au prix Bayeux". Le Figaro.fr. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  7. "2009 Yasuyoshi Chiba PN1". worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  8. "2012 Yasuyoshi Chiba PNS1-AL". worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  9. "Image of Sudan uprising wins World Press Photo". BBC News. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-17 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. "Yasuyoshi Chiba wins World Press Photo for Sudan protest picture". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
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