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Sep 27, 1952 Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan Died on 08 Aug 1996 (aged 43)
Japanese photographer
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About Michio Hoshino
- Michio Hoshino (?? ??, Hoshino Michio, September 27, 1952 – August 8, 1996) was a Japanese-born nature photographer.
- He originally hailed from Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture.
- Considered one of the most accomplished nature photographers of his era and compared to Ansel Adams, Hoshino specialized in photographing Alaskan wildlife until he was killed by a brown bear while on assignment in Kurilskoye Lake, Russia in 1996.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hoshino's wife and son survive him.
