Ruiko Yoshida
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Nihongo".[1] was a Japanese photojournalist. Her work focused on scenes of discrimination around the world.
Early life
Yoshida was born in Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan. As an elementary school student she witnessed discrimination against some male Ainu students, and this influenced her later work.[2] She graduated from Keio University in 1959.[2]
After graduation she worked as an announcer for the NHK and Asahi Broadcasting. In 1961 she studied under a Fulbright scholarship at Ohio State University and Columbia University.[2][3][4]
Photography career
Yoshida earned a master's degree in photojournalism from Columbia in 1964.[2] During her time in the United States, she took photographs of her daily life in Harlem. When she returned to Japan in 1971 she exhibited them, and later published them.
After her initial publication, she traveled to South Africa, Southeast Asia, and other places, where she photographed scenes of poverty and discrimination. In 1981 she directed a film titled Template:Ill. In 1989 she received an award from the Template:Ill.[4]
Bibliography
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Further reading
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References
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