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Michael Yamashita

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This windswept dune was known as the Sands That Sing to travellers like Marco Polo: “… when one of them chances to lag behind […] when he tries to gain his company again he will hear spirits talking and will suppose them to be his comrades, […] and thus shall a traveller oft times be led astray so that he never finds his party. And in this way, many have perished.” The Travels of Marco Polo, Vol 1 Bk 1, Ch 39 Taklimakan Desert, Gansu, China
Sunset illuminates the 12th century Jame (Friday) Mosque, known for its striking blue Persian tile work. Yzad, Iran
aerial view of a geothermic pond in Yellowstone Park
A bridge leading to a mist-veiled Castle in Matsumoto, one of the best preserved fortress from the samurai's reign.
woman with black and red masks
Sadhu holy man with yellow turban and white beard in Jujarat, India
Music lesson for Labrang's monks using the traditional 13-foot horns.
high peaks of mountains with ice
Crystal pools glisten among drifts of mist and legend.
The Great Wall of China.
Children peer from intricately decorated windows, framed by traditional Tibetan architecture
peaks of the Wulingyuan National Forest park in China
woman in snow with a cuddle of yak
Ganden Dhundupling Monastery
two boats in
rainbow over stupas
Temple spires silhouetted in Bagan
Horses in snow in Hokkaido by Michael Yamashita
A haphazard flourish of hardy plants caps a broken tree trunk submerged in Panda Lake. Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve, China.
Tianzi Mountain area in rain and dense fog
a river
three policemen in a yellow car of police
camouflaged south korean soldier
South Korean soldier scanning for infiltrators from North Korea
children playing in the mur
A snow storm near Kashgar, the biggest city between the Pamirs and Taklimakan.
tibetan modern monks at the monastery
A Beijing Opera actress powders up before applying her make-up
Tajik children review tattered class notes before school
men and a child praying in a mosque
Heedless of a blizzard, monks await the start of morning prayers in Labrang Monastery, Tibet.
Daichi-ji
carps in a garden pond in japan
autumn leaves next to the great wall
man walking on golden dunes of the desert
Meili Snow Moutains, Kawagebo
buddhist colored flags for the new moon festival at
yellow spruces in Tibet
trees in snow in Trangdalen, Norway

Shangri La

Yamashita Shangrila Book Cover
Tibetan girls decked in festival finery, turquoise, coral, and silver.
monk preparing yak butter tea with a big cauldron
pickers of tea leaves in shangri la
man walking on the street with his sow and family
tea leaves in baskets drying outside of an old factory while a children plays
men working for puher tea
Children from intricately decorated windows, framed by traditional Tibetan architecture
an old woman pouring yak butter tea to an old man in a bar
Nuns study scriptures at a nunnery in Gandze
Shechen monks record an event with cameras and videocameras
two men in costumes fighting each other
prayer colored flags near a building on a hill
monks and a woman chatting near a long row of motorcycles
A mani prayer stone sits on the shore of Lhamo Latso lake
young monks
hovering above the marsh in the foreground.
Yi women
The city of Lhasa at dusk
view of the fields and mountains through a tibetan window
women picking up barley by hand
old chinese woman laughing
men sitting on a bench
Tibetan prayer flags
Buddhist monks of the yellow hat sect
A villager walks past bronze prayer wheels lining a wall
guests
A white yak follows its owner along a street in Shangri-La
yunnan mountains with a long road
yunnan mountains with a long road
woman picking by hand tea leaves
tea leaves in baskets drying outside of an old factory while a children plays
Workers at a tea factory in Yiwu
A Tibetan Buddhist monk
man pouring tea to an old lady
tibetan nomad and his horse
Members of a nomad family weather a sudden storm outside their yak-wool tent
A young boy drinks yak milk near to his elder sister
yak herds in may snow in Tibet
a nomad
At Shechen monastery in Sichuan Province, monks mix tea into tsampa, roasted barley flour, to make a meal
monks cooking in tibetan monastery
an actor portrays the legendary Tibetan warrior King Gesar at a festival at Shechen monastery
monks wash in a hot spring.
tibetan narrow street across the snow mountains
motorcycle in a tibetan street
men weighting the worm grass in the street
horse race in Tibet
buddhist pilgrims prostate themselves on their way to Lhasa
A waitress pouring tea
The Potala Palace in Tibet

Marco Polo

Yamashita Marco Polo Book Cover
Piazza San Marco in Venice with the shadow of the grand princess appearing
A deserted St. Mark's Square
A wedding in Jundian: flakes of shaving foam rain down on the newlyweds.
The double dome in Baghdad
communal house
Sunset inflames the crescent symbol atop the dome of the Jame Masjid.
Bam's walls
woman and her daughter near a
Traditional fishing in the Strait of Hormuz
Massoud, the Lion of Panjshir, leads his officers in evening prayer.
Completely veiled by her burkha, a woman takes her children
men eparating the seed from the chaff
A child sleeps in a hammock
horses near a river with snow mountain on the background
man on a donkey followed by camel in a snowy weather
Tajik children wait for their lessons to start.
Tajik Children out of an elementary school
a cart with horse in a street in China
two chinese men bargain
a woman spinning silk using an old, large spinning wheel
A chinese falconer with his falcon
Sandstorm in Gansu, China.
Reclining Buddha in Mogao Caves
men breaking a colt and
Sunset in Suzhou
The sacred Mount Leshan in Sichuan
Woman and girl harvesting pekoe, the tender tea leaves, in Yunnan
two old women with bended feet
Bai women transplant rice for one of the annual harvests
woman with a
a girl who is
monks on the stairs of a monastery
monks using the traditional 13-foot horns
tibetan pilgrim
Groups of fishing boats dot the placid waters of Halong Bay
A smiling fisherman in Da Nang on the Vietnamese coast.
Squid are prepared for drying,
fisherman on stilts in the sea
a boat in a crystal
woman picking by hand tea leaves in Sri Lanka
Indian men pull in fishing nets
men cleaning nets
Traditional Indian fishing boat on a wave
offerings to sacred bull Nandi
man with a red veil smoking
Freshly-dyed cotton is laid out to dry in a field in Gujarat
Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa

The Great Wall

Yamashita Great Wall book cover
a man starts work on a Great Wall billboard in the desert near Dunhuang
A Bactrian camel takes a break from plowing beside remains of the Han Wall, built to protect the trade corridor
Fisherman slips into a wet suit
Two sections of Ming Wall
A marathon runner taking breath on the great wall
woman with his dogs at the Huaibei International ski resort
the great wall at sunset
The Jinshanling Wall
man with a red flag at the Simitai wall
singers in an opera troupe wait to perform
power s
mongolian man
a woman spread out to dry in the sunnewly harvested red chili peppers
children play follow the leader
chinese bride and groom on wedding day
The remains of the gates to the walled city of Deshengbu
chinese men plowing
chinese man and women in front of their house
a farmer unrolls insulation mats on the roof of a hothouse
The shell of a Han Wall beacon tower stands in relief against the sand dunes
children jumping on the fire at the end of new years celebration
sheep crossing a wall in the desert
man working with hammers
workers make bricks

Zheng He

Yamashita Zheng He book cover
Sanjeeda, one of the last great sailing dhows, sails into the sunset off the Swahili coast.
The Sanjeeda makes landfall at Lamu Island, Kenya.
the terraced rice paddies of the landlocked province of Yunnan
Rice planters working
A worker trims a gian pot.
Sunset reflected in oyster beds off Xiamen
fish market in asia
the forbidden city in Beijin covered in snow
boy
Marigolds
Water buffalo surfing, Mekong Delta.
Floating fish farmers anchor along the shores of the great lake Tonle Sap
Dawn over the Grand Mosque. Brunei.
Women worshipers, in snow-white tudong
men and a child praying in a mosque
sail ship in south Asia
woman dancing for wedding celebrations
steam of sulfur from a
miner with baskets on his shoulder full of sulfur
cock battle
penitents' skin punctured with fishhooks
man with spike though his cheeks
Fishermen on Negombo Beach in Sri Lanka
actor of
faded mural of Zheng He
fishermen clean their nets on Somatheeram Beach
Sailors clean the hull of a dhow in Sur.
boats
landscape of Sana'a
veiled women in Yemen
cost of Pate Island with palm trees
Young muslim girl
Young muslim girl in the traditional buibui
skyline
crumbling building in Zanzibar with paintings leaning against his walls
fishing boat in the northeast cost of Zanzibar

Japan: the Soul of a Nation

Yamashita Japan Soul of a Nation Book Cover
Night view of the giant vermillion
Three geisha in exquisite kimono dance at a party
a japanese bride wearing the elaborate kimono and headpiece for the Shinto ceremony
Noh mask
man cleaning a room in a japanese inn with garden outside
man
A Japanese family meet a robot
a japanese family posing
old woman walking on a snowy street with a stick
fisher and oyster beds
Colorful Japanese paper umbrellas of Kyoto
man taking care of a bonsai
A young woman practices the tea ceremony at Yabunouchi Tea School in Kyoto
a japanese garden with rocks and sand
man working on
Wooden geta, or slippers, lined up outside the Tawaraya Inn in Kyoto
a woman bows to greet guests at a japanese inn
people bathing at Takaragawa Onsen
colored carps in a pond of a japanese garden
Yabusame or horseback archery
Draft Horse Racing
Inside Osaka International Airport
building in shape of King Kong in Japan
Japanese Shinto ceremony
hothouse of rice in Japan
japanese woman in kimono holding a fan dancing in a park with people

Mekong

Yamashita Mekong Book cover
tibetan plateau with a lobe
A Tibetan family at an encampment
Woman milking a yak
tibetan woman making tea
children smiling on the book in a classroom
rice terraces near Mekong river
silhouette of man crossing gorge
woman in traditional clothes
Man dives off a pier
Cormorant fishermen
boys playing polluted waters
man smokes opium
Young monks share a communal breakfast
girls prospecting for gold along the banks of the Mekong
fisherman at Khone Falls laos cambodia
A farmer takes advantage of the flood-swollen Mekong outside Phnom Penh to fill his irrigation buckets
men working on a
buddha statues in Angkor Wat
men competing in a pirogue races on Mekong River
Barrage nets strung across the Tonle Sap Lake
men with
train overloaded with people on the top
aerial view of the canals of the Mekong Delta
fish farming in the home
cupping the art of application of heated
women selling and buying flowers in Vietnam
children on a monkey bridge in Vietnam
In the dawn haze, two women go to market in Camau, southern Vietnam.

Video

Fine Art

This windswept dune was known as the Sands That Sing to travellers like Marco Polo: “… when one of them chances to lag behind […] when he tries to gain his company again he will hear spirits talking and will suppose them to be his comrades, […] and thus shall a traveller oft times be led astray so that he never finds his party. And in this way, many have perished.” The Travels of Marco Polo, Vol 1 Bk 1, Ch 39 Taklimakan Desert, Gansu, China
Sunset illuminates the 12th century Jame (Friday) Mosque, known for its striking blue Persian tile work. Yzad, Iran
aerial view of a geothermic pond in Yellowstone Park
A bridge leading to a mist-veiled Castle in Matsumoto, one of the best preserved fortress from the samurai's reign.
woman with black and red masks
Sadhu holy man with yellow turban and white beard in Jujarat, India
Music lesson for Labrang's monks using the traditional 13-foot horns.
high peaks of mountains with ice
Crystal pools glisten among drifts of mist and legend.
The Great Wall of China.
Children peer from intricately decorated windows, framed by traditional Tibetan architecture
peaks of the Wulingyuan National Forest park in China
woman in snow with a cuddle of yak
Ganden Dhundupling Monastery
two boats in
rainbow over stupas
Temple spires silhouetted in Bagan
Horses in snow in Hokkaido by Michael Yamashita
A haphazard flourish of hardy plants caps a broken tree trunk submerged in Panda Lake. Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve, China.
Tianzi Mountain area in rain and dense fog
a river
three policemen in a yellow car of police
camouflaged south korean soldier
South Korean soldier scanning for infiltrators from North Korea
children playing in the mur
A snow storm near Kashgar, the biggest city between the Pamirs and Taklimakan.
tibetan modern monks at the monastery
A Beijing Opera actress powders up before applying her make-up
Tajik children review tattered class notes before school
men and a child praying in a mosque
Heedless of a blizzard, monks await the start of morning prayers in Labrang Monastery, Tibet.
Daichi-ji
carps in a garden pond in japan
autumn leaves next to the great wall
man walking on golden dunes of the desert
Meili Snow Moutains, Kawagebo
buddhist colored flags for the new moon festival at
yellow spruces in Tibet
trees in snow in Trangdalen, Norway

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Biografia

Michael Yamashita, fotografo ed esploratore, scatta per National Geographic da oltre 30 anni, combinando la sua duplice passione per la fotografia e i viaggi. Dopo essersi laureato in studi orientali alla Wesleyan University, vive sette anni in Asia, che da quel momento diventa l'area prediletta di gran parte della sua produzione.

Rientrato negli Stati Uniti, inizia a scattare per National Geographic e altre testate internazionali, visitando tutti i continenti. Nascono così una serie di reportage memorabili come quello sul Giappone, terra delle sue origini, che attraversa dall’Hokkaido al Kyushu. Pluripremiato, amato e riconosciuto a livello mondiale per lo stile inconfondibile della sua doppia identità americana e Giapponese, Yamashita ripercorre le orme di famosi esploratori come Marco Polo, il poeta giapponese Bansho e l’ammiraglio cinese Zheng He.

Unisce alla fotografia l’attività di cineasta con la sua casa di produzione, Saga Pictures. Famosi i suoi documentari The Ghost Fleet (La Flotta Fantasma) che gli è valso il premio come miglior documentario storico al Festival cinematografico internazionale di New York e Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed, che ha ricevuto due Asian Television and Film Awards ed è stato inserito nella lista dei venti documentari più popolari di National Geographic del decennio.

Relatore di spicco per aziende e fondazioni e docente in scuole internazionali, ha inoltre ottenuto numerosi riconoscimenti da associazioni quali la National Press Photographers Association (Pictures of the year), il New York Art Directors Club e la Asian-American Journalists Association.

Yamashita ha esposto le sue fotografie in giro per il mondo, dall'America all'Asia fino in Italia e ad oggi ha pubblicato undici libri, ispirati per lo più ai suoi articoli per National Geographic: The Silk Road Journey; 88 - The China Collection; Shangri-La: Along the Tea Road to Lhasa; The Great Wall From Beginning to End; New York: Flying High, an aerial portrait of Manhattan; Zheng He: Tracing the Epic Voyages of China’s Greatest Explorer; Japan: The Soul of a Nation; Marco Polo, A Photographer’s Journey; Mekong: A Journey on the Mother of Waters; In the Japanese Garden; A Pictorial Tribute to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; Lakes, Peaks and Prairies: Discovering the U.S. Canadian Border.

Quando non viaggia, vive con la sua famiglia nelle campagne del New Jersey, dove ha uno studio ed è un vigile del fuoco volontario.