LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT AWARD FOR SUKITA
“Photograph king, watches you go…”
Great to hear that Masayoshi Sukita is to receive the much-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award at Abbey Road Music Photography Awards in September.
Regular visitors to these pages will be well aware of his work, which was created via several sessions with Bowie over a 37-year period starting in 1972.
The great man had this to say about the award...
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“It is a big honour for me to receive the Lifetime Achievement award at the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards," added Sukita. "I am very pleased to be a part of the history of photography. I will keep working on photography, and hope people will continue to enjoy my work.”
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In the superb Genesis Publications book, Speed Of Life, by Bowie and Sukita, Bowie said this about his favourite Japanese photographer...
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“It’s very hard for me to accept that Sukita-san has been snapping away at me since 1972 but that really is the case. I suspect that it’s because whenever he’s asked me to do a session I conjure up in my mind’s eye the sweet, creative and big-hearted man who has always made these potentially tedious affairs so relaxed and painless. May he click into eternity.”
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Enjoy this random selection of Sukita’s beautiful portraits from across the years.
Read more about the award over at Music Week here: https://t.co/y7bolv2RtA
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