Takashi KIJIMA 杵島隆
(b. 1920, California, USA, d. 2011)

Takashi Kijima is considered one of the greatest Japanese photographers and possibly the world's best photographer of orchids. Born in 1920 in the United States, he moved to Japan to study and graduated in Art at Nihon University in 1943. His photography first gained recognition in 1954 when he won the Asahi Advertisement Award followed by several prizes and medals. His first book on orchids was published in 1975 and since then Takashi Kijima has made his fascinating flower the subject of other books and international photographic exhibitions.