Michio Yamauchi was born in a mountain village in Nishimikawa, Aichi (currently part of Toyota City) on October 23, 1950. He studied in the literature department at Waseda University, and after graduating, at 29 years old, entered night school at the Tokyo School of Photography (now Tokyo Visual Arts school (専門学校東京ビジュアルアーツ).
In 1982, the same year he graduated from the Tokyo School of Photography, Yamauchi took part in an independent gallery known as Image Shop CAMP (イメージショップ CAMP). During this time, Yamauchi studied under Daidō Moriyama (森山大道). Afterwards, Yamauchi spent over 10 years as a freelance photographer, mainly participating in independent galleries where he would display photos he took around Tokyo. Yamauchi eventually focused on publishing books of his photography after publishing "To People" (人へ, hito e) and "City" (街, machi). From this point on, Yamauchi, whilst continuing photography in Tokyo, began heading overseas as well.
Awards
In 1997, Yamauchi won the 22nd Ina Nobuo Award for his exhibition "British Territory Hong Kong" (英領HONGKONG, eiryō hongkong) at the Ginza Nikon Salon in Tokyo, Japan. Then, in 2011, he received the 20th Hayashi Tadahiko Award for his exhibition and photo album titled "Keelung" (基隆, kiirun). This award (林忠彦賞) is given annually by Shunan city and the Shunan City Museum of Art and History, started in 1992, in honor of the photographer Tadahiko Hayashi.
Collections
Yamauchi's collections can still currently be seen at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the Shunan City Museum of Art and History, the Nikon Salon and other places throughout Japan.
Noraneko - Stray Cats ("野良猫"., noraneko), Mole, ISBN 4-938628-33-3., 1999
TOKYO,Tokyo ("TOKYO,東京"., tōkyō, tōkyō), Wise Publishing, ISBN 4-89830-150-9., 2003
"Calcutta"., Sokyusha, ISBN 4-902137-22-4., 2003
Holiday "Waikiki", YK Publishing, 2005
"Tokyo Up Close"., Rathole Gallery, 2008
Tokyo 2005-2007 ("東京 2005-2007"., tōkyō 2005-2007), Sokyusha, 2008
Keelung ("基隆"., kiirun), Grafica, ISBN 978-4-903141-12-1, 2010
Tokyo 2009-2010 ("東京 2009-2010"., tōkyō 2009-2010), Sokyusha, 2012
To People II ("人へII"., hito e ni), Sokyusha, 2012
DHAKA Tokyo-kirara sha Co., ltd 2015
Other publications/mentions
1984 - Tokyo announced, Camera Mainichi (a magazine published by Mainichi Shimbun),September 1984,pp. 151–174.
1985 - Street continuous publication, Camera Mainichi, January to April 1985 .
1986 - Photos displayed, Tokyo Human Encyclopedia (Tokyo Paris friendship cities memorial photo exhibition 東京人間図鑑), Paris
1987 - Photos displayed, New Photographic Possibilities, Setagaya Art Museum
1990 - Photos displayed, Japanese (日本人) projected by Japan Foundation , Moscow, Thailand, etc.
1993 - Photos displayed, Breda Photographica (Asahi Camera, October 1993, p. 120), Holland
1997 - Critique, Photographic Memory (写真的記憶) by Kazuo Nishii, pp. 179–180, pp. 305–307. Seikyusha, ISBN 4-7872-7072-9.
1998 - Photos displayed, 20th Century Car Culture, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan
2007 - Photos displayed, The New Collections: Vol. 1, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Ebisu, Tokyo
2008 - Photos published, Now, Snapshot Photography is Interesting in Capa (a monthly magazine published by Gakken), October 2008, pp. 126–129.
2010 - Photos displayed, 20th Century Portraits: All photographs are Portraits, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
2011 - Photos displayed, Scenes of Children: Part III Original Scenes Collection, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. Guidebook is Kodomo no joukei, (こどもの情景 ), p. 137.
2012 - Photos displayed, Tadahiko Hayashi Award 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
