In Memoriam
16"x 27"
Photography
2003
Chie Nishio
Chie Nishio studied photojournalism at the Toko Sogo Photo School, graduating
in 1963. She became a freelance editorial and documentary photographer
and did photo essays on a variety of subjects, such as: coal mining, a
fishing village, the new settlement in Hokkaido, and social problems in
Tokyo. In 1964, she covered the Tokyo Olympics for Associated Press. In
1967, she visited the People’s Republic of China during the Cultural
Revolution and took photographs for the Associated Press that were published
in newspapers worldwide. In 1970, she began photographing Native Americans,
initially at the Sioux Reservations of the Dakotas, and later among the
Pueblos of New Mexico. Her work has appeared in numerous solo and group
shows around the world.