After being aggressively recruited by the company's president,Shinzo Fukuhara,and the Japan Photographic Sociaty,Tadashi Murabayashi joined Shiseido in 1936. At Shiseido, he served as staff photographer,taking pictures of various products and models. Mr.Fukuhara suffered from an eye desease which left him nearly blind so he relied heavily upon the assistance of Tadashi,who took photos of nature,developed and enlarged his works. After World War II, Tadashi and other 16 photographers formed an association called Ginryusha, the progeniter of the present APA,Japan Advertising Photographers' Association. During this time he held several exhibitions and gave technical advice for photography magazines. |
In 1951, he went to work for Nissan,taking photos for advertisements, posters and the company newsletter.His promotional work included a series of photos featuring actresses in Kimono with Nissan's new cars. He always said,"Taking ad photos is my way of living.It also improves my ability to promote fine works. I want to express myself and that's my mission." |
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| from "Stories about Camera" Mainichi-Shinbunsha |
| We were brought up with the smell of hypo,and naturally helped our father's work in the dark room. We adored our father, Tadashi,and learned the know-how of taking and developing photos from him. Tadashi had advised us to choose our own way,but we chose to be photographers. |
 (1944 ` ) |
| The president of Photo Murabayashi. Making original prints of photo artists and dealing with Nissan Motors, Shiseido and so on. |
 (1947 ` ) |
| One of the staff photographers of Magazine House Co.and photo instructor. Continues making original works. |
 (1949 ` ) |
| As a photo artist, he sends works to exhibitions and explains techniques
in some magazines. After extensive research,he developed a way for restoring damaged-monochrome photographs. |
| We started this project to promote our techninque and experience in the 21st century, to support the next generation of artists and photographers. |
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