Uruma Takezawa

A travel and landscape photojournalist, from Osaka, Japan. Impressed by the underwater world of the Okinawa islands, he began his career as marin photographer. In March 2010, embarked on a photographic journey lasted for 1,021 days, visited 103 countries. In 2014, he won the Grand Prize of the Nikkei National Geographic Photo Prize. He thinks that taking photos is self-discovery. It helps to find purpose and a way for self-expression. He travels extensively, often to the remote areas of the world, and has visited more than 150 countries & territories. Well-known publications feature his work regularly and he continues to inspire people with his travel essays and story-telling.

Bibliography

“Tio’s Island”, Shogakukan 2010
“Walkabout”, Shogakukan 2013
“The Songlines”, Shogakukan 2015
“Now”, Shogakukan 2015
“Buena Vista”, Sougeisha 2015
“Kor La”, Shogakukan 2016
“Ryojo Nettaiya”, Jitugyo no Nihon 2016
“Rlung Rta”, Shogakukan 2020