Kimura Ihei Award

The Kimura Ihei Shashin - shō (Japanese木村 伊 兵卫 写真 赏, dt " Kimura - Ihei Photography Prize", engl. Ihei Kimura Memorial Award of Photography ) is the most significant recognition for artistic photography in Japan. The namesake of the award, Ihei Kimura (木村 伊 兵卫, Kimura IHE ), was one of the most celebrated Japanese photographers of the 20th century.

The prize is awarded annually by Asahi Shinbun since 1975, with the exception of 1983, the publisher is publisher of the daily newspaper Asahi Shinbun and the photo magazine Asahi Camera (アサヒ カメラ, Asahi Camera, previously. Asahi Camera Kimura Ihei Shashin - shō (アサヒ カメラ 木村 伊兵衛 写真 賞).

The prize is awarded to both amateur and professional photographers exhibited their award-winning work within the course of the past year or has been published. The ceremony was provided at each one photographer per year, but the practice showed that once two or even three (2000) were found at the same time worthy of an award.

Will pass a medal and a cash prize of 100 million yen. The jury is composed of professional photographers, one of them is the editor, another of the chief editor of Asahi Camera magazine. The winners will be announced in the May issue and online.

In addition to the Kimura Ihei Shashin - shō there is the Domon Ken Award, which is also awarded to photographers.