Profile
明治44年 愛媛県に生まれる。
東京電気専門学校卒業
昭和10年、理化学研究所に就職後、11年パーレット6.3付で写真をはじめ、パーレット同人会に所属する。
写真雑誌に数10回入選。
大日本サロン・アシヤサロン・国画展・国際サロン入選・パーレット同人会特選・準特選・研展銅賞２・入選数回・東京美術協会展最高賞・全関西サロン特選４回
アルス写真年鑑特選２・準特選２・入選４
アメリカ・ポピュラーフォトコンテスト入選
ロンドン・パリサロン数点入選。
二科展4回入選・個展1回。
全国写真連盟役員・東京写真研究会審査員などとして全国 アマチュアの指導に活躍。
昭和33年旭光学に入社、東京サービスセンター所長、昭和 44年5月13日、精神異常者の凶刃に倒れ急逝。
1964年 |
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Gekko Gallery 「変貌」 |
1969年 |
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Pentax Gallery 「木石の詩」遺作展 |
2004年 |
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５月「変貌」（ギャラリーCOSMOS） |
2005年 |
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５月「川崎埋立地」（ギャラリーCOSMOS） |
2006年 |
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５月「台湾野柳」（ギャラリーCOSMOS） |
2007年 |
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３月「懐かしのスタートカメラ展」（ギャラリーCOSMOS） |
2008年 |
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１月 プリンターズ展「新山清の世界」（横浜赤レンガ倉庫） |
2009年 |
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３月「パーレット時代」 （横浜みなと町ギャラリー） |
2010年 |
３月「ソルントン時代I」（横浜みなと町ギャラリー） |
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写真集 |
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1969年 |
遺作集『木石の詩』 |
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2008年 |
『新山清の世界』パーレット時代 1937～1952 |
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2010年 |
『新山清の世界』ソルントン時代 |
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Photographer Kiyoshi Niiyama's Profile
・Born in Ehime Prefecture, Japan in 1911.
・Graduated from Tokyo Denki Senmon Gakkō (Tokyo Institute of Electricity).
・In 1935, Kiyoshi Niiyama joined Rikagaku Kenkyusho (RIKEN), and in 1936, he started to
take photographs using Pearlette with F6.3 lens, and became a member of the Pearlette
Dōjinkai (Pearlette Camera Coterie).
・His works were accepted for photographic magazines several tens of times.
・Selected for Dai Nippon Salon, Ashiya Salon, Koku-ten (Kokugakai Exhibition) and the
International Photographic Salon.
・Received the Grand Prize and the Runner-Up Prize at the Pearlette Dōjinkai (Pearlette
Camera Coterie).
・Awarded the Bronze Prize twice and accepted several times at the Kenten (annual
exhibitions of the Tokyo Photographic Research Society).
・Won the Grand Prize at the exhibition hosted by the Tokyo Bijutsu Kyōkai (Tokyo Arts
Association).
・Received the Grand Prize four times at the All-Kansai Salon.
・Received the Grand Prize twice, Runner-Up Prize twice and accepted four times by the
Ars Photographic Annual.
・Accepted for the Popular Photography (Vol.55 No.3 September 1964) of the U.S.A.
・Several of his works were accepted at photographic salons in London and Paris.
・Accepted four times for the Nika-kai Exhibition (familiarly known as Nika-ten).
・Organized a solo exhibition on one occasion.
・A board member of the All-Japan Association of Photographic Societies, and also a
member of the Screening Committee at the Tokyo Photographic Research Society,
he played an active role in providing advice and guidance to amateur photographers
nationwide.
・In 1958, he joined Asahi Optical Co., Ltd., where he assumed the post of Director of the
Tokyo Service Center.
・On May 13th, 1969, Kiyoshi Niiyama died a sudden death, falling victim to the knife of a
mentally disturbed person.
・The last picture of Kiyoshi Niiyama taken in Taiwan in May 1969. Photographed by Mr. I
Shen Bo.
List of Kiyoshi Niiyama's Photographic Exhibitions
1964 "Henbō" ("Transfiguration") at the Gekko Gallery
1969 Posthumous Exhibition "Bokuseki no Uta" ("Poems of Trees and Stones") at the Pentax Gallery
May 2004 "Henbō" ("Transfiguration") at Gallery Cosmos
May 2005 "Kawasaki Umetatechi" ("Reclaimed Land of Kawasaki") at Gallery Cosmos
May 2006 "Taiwan Yaryū" ("Yaryu, Taiwan") at Gallery Cosmos
September 2006 "Henbō" ("Transfiguration") at the Monochrom Gallery, Berlin
March 2007 "Natsukashi no Start Camera Ten" ("Exhibition of Nostalgic START
Cameras") at Gallery Cosmos
May 2007 "Pearlette Jidai" ("The Pearlette Age") at Gallery Cosmos
January 2008 "Niiyama Kiyoshi no Sekai" ("Kiyoshi Niiyama's World of Photography") at
the Printer's Exhibition held in the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
January 2008 "Otto Steinert & Kiyoshi Niiyama" at the Kicken Gallery, Berlin
May 2008 "Pearlette Jidai Ⅱ" ("The Pearlette AgeⅡ") at Gallery Cosmos
