Hitomi Watanabe

Hitomi Watanabe (渡辺 眸, Watanabe Hitomi, born 1939) is a Japanese photographer. She came to prominence during the Zenkyoto student movement in the late 1960s, participating in the 1970 Anpo protests against the renewal of the Japan-US Mutual Security Treaty. When the treaty was renewed in 1970, Watanabe began drinking fairly heavily as a way to deal with their failure to prevent it. [1] Her photographs depict speeches, state violence and the aftermath of rioting.

References

1. Duong, Ha (2018-11-01). "These Photographers Have Captured Tokyo's Vibrant and Powerful Youth Culture". Artsy. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

• Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. (in Japanese) Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.