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Naomi Toyoda

とよだ なおみ

Toyoda Naomi

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1956 （Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Photojournalist, Photographer
Affiliations
Japan Visual Journalists Association (JVJA)
Memberships
Japan Visual Journalists Association (JVJA)

Awards

Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award (66th)
Work: Soredemo "Furusato" (3-volume series)
Organization: Sankei Shimbun
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Fukushima — Year Zero

2012 Photobook / Reportage

A photographic reportage documenting the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and the lives of affected communities.

nuclear disasteraffected communitiesreconstructioneveryday life
Translations
  • Fukushima - l'Anno Zero (Italian edition)

Fukushima: City of the Nuclear Disaster

2011 Photo-reportage

A photographic record of daily life and change in communities confronted by the nuclear accident.

nuclear powerlocal societycontradictions of reconstruction

I Want to Stop War — The World as Seen by a Photojournalist

2009 Essays / Photography

A book combining photographs and essays about people and realities encountered in war and conflict zones.

warpeacechildren

Iraq: Days of Bombing and Occupation

2003 Photobook / Reportage

A photobook compiling on-the-ground coverage during the Iraq War, documenting the situation of children and civilians.

Iraq Warconflictchildren

Bibliography

  • Photobook: Children under the Iraq War
  • The World Children Live In Now
  • I Want to Stop War
  • Photo-reportage: People Living in Fukushima
  • Fukushima: City of the Nuclear Disaster
  • Fukushima — Year Zero
  • JVJA Photobook: 3/11 Meltdown
  • Sowing Seeds in the Village Where Cows Disappeared
  • "Can't Give Up" — Working the Fields Today
  • "Grandchildren Won't Return, But..."
  • Fukushima - l'Anno Zero (Italian edition)
  • Children of Aceh After the Tsunami
  • Iraq: Days of Bombing and Occupation
  • Century of Refugees: People Adrift

Adaptations

  • The Taken Village: Iitate Residents on the 5th Year of Evacuation
  • Will — If Only There Had Been No Nuclear Plant

Translations of Works

  • Fukushima — Year Zero → Fukushima - l'Anno Zero (Italian)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
documentary-oriented photographic expressionon-site, reportage-style documentation
Recurring Motifs
childrenrefugees / disaster victimsdevastated landscapeseveryday life and resilience

Legacy

A photojournalist who has long documented conflict and disaster zones. Recognized for work focusing on children and disaster-affected communities, she has made a significant contribution to Japanese photojournalism.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Visual Journalists Association (JVJA)

Archives

  • National Diet Library (holdings / related materials)
  • VIAF (authority data)
  • ISNI (authority data)

Trivia

  • Official website: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/n/toyoda
  • Active on social media such as X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram