Michio Hoshino

Japanese photographer

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Michio Hoshino
星野道夫
Born	(1952-09-27)September 27, 1952 Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Died	August 8, 1996(1996-08-08) (aged 43) Kurile Lake, Kamchatka, Russia
Education	Faculty of Economics, Keio University (completed) Wildlife management program, University of Alaska Fairbanks (dropped out)
Occupation	Nature photographer
Years active	1973 – 1996

Michio Hoshino (星野道夫, Hoshino Michio, September 27, 1952 – August 8, 1996) was a Japanese-born nature photographer. He originally hailed from Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture.^[1] Considered one of the most accomplished nature photographers of his era^[2] and compared to Ansel Adams,^[3] Hoshino specialized in photographing Alaskan wildlife until he was killed by a brown bear while on assignment in Kurilskoye Lake, Russia in 1996.^[4] Lynn Schooler's book The Blue Bear relates the story of the author's friendship with Hoshino, a man he admired greatly for his skill as a photographer and his humanity. Schooler is a wilderness guide who became a photographer in his own right under Hoshino's tutelage.^[5] Another book, The Only Kayak by Kim Heacox, describes Hoshino's journeys to Glacier Bay as well as his own close personal friendship with Hoshino.

A memorial totem pole was raised in Sitka, Alaska, on August 8, 2008 (the 12-year anniversary of Hoshino's death), in honor of his work. Relatives and witnesses from Japan, including his widow, Naoko, attended the ceremony.^[2] Hoshino's wife and son survive him.^[4]

Life

Michio's interest in Alaska began at the age of 19, when he bought a photo book showing the village of Shishmaref. Wanting to see it for himself, he sent a letter to the village's mayor, who replied six months later inviting him to visit. The following summer, he spent three months there, taking photographs and helping to catch fish.

Hoshino's photographs

Grizzly. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1987. ISBN 0-87701-431-0.
The Grizzly Bear Family Book. North-South Books, 1997. ISBN 1-55858-701-2. For young readers.
Hoshino's Alaska. San Francisco: Chronicle, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8118-5651-5.
Moose. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1988. Hardback ISBN 0-87701-503-1. Paperback ISBN 0-87701-494-9.

Death

Hoshino died after being mauled by a brown bear in Kurile Lake on the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia in August 1996.^[6]

Last photo hoax

A photo of a bear entering a tent previously identified on the Internet as the last photo that Michio Hoshino took before he was mauled to death by said bear is incorrect. ^{[citation needed]} The photo was entered into the Worth1000 photoshop competition, in which the theme was "hoax last photo taken before death". ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "星野道夫事務所公式サイト".
^ ^a ^b "Totem pole to honor photographer Michio Hoshino". Raven Radio News, Andi McDaniel. 2008-08-01. Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
^ Kantner, Seth. Shopping for Porcupine, p. 120. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Milkweed, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Michio Hoshino Dies While Filming Bears", The New York Times, September 22, 1996, accessed January 12, 2011.
^ Schooler, Lynn. The Blue Bear. New York: Ecco, 2002.
^ "Jarring Photos Show a Different Side to Mother Nature Than We've Ever Seen Before".