姓名 Full name: Li Changsuo李长锁

职务 Position: President of Japanese Overseas Chinese Photographers Association 日本华人华侨摄影协会会长

简历 Biography:

Li Changsuo is a key Sino-Japanese exchange photographer. He once served as Director of the International Department of China Photographers Association before settling in Japan, presiding over all photography exchange liaison between China and Japan.

He holds a master’s degree in Photography from Nihon University Graduate School of Arts and is a member of China Photographers Association. His awards include the 8th UNESCO Asian Cultural Centre Award, National Youth Photography Exhibition Award, two Annual Grand Prizes of Kingdom of Wings and the Golden Road Gold Award of China Art Photographers Society. He also serves as an invited photographer for multiple Japanese magazines, Honorary President of Beijing Fellow Townsmen Association, researcher at Josai University and editorial board member of New Overseas Chinese.

Born in Beijing in 1952, Li graduated from Peking University majoring in Japanese and joined China Photographers Association in 1979. He learned from senior Chinese photographers Lü Houmin and Huang Xiang, and accompanied top Japanese masters for six years on nationwide shooting tours. In 1985, he became the only officially dispatched postgraduate photography student sent by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles to Nihon University, studying under renowned photojournalist Jun Miki. Later he worked as an exclusive photographer for ANA, Kodansha and Shogakukan.

In his youth, Li lived as an educated youth on the Hetao Plain, developing deep affection for the Yellow River. From late 1985, he traveled the full length of the Yellow River from Tanggula Mountain source to Shandong estuary, documenting its scenery and folk customs by land, water and chartered aircraft. He was the first photographer to complete a full shoot of the Yellow River. In 1986, he held the landmark solo exhibition The Yellow River, Mother River in Ginza Tokyo, the first special overseas solo show by a mainland Chinese photographer, widely covered by Japanese media.

Having lived and taught photography in Japan for thirty years, Li constantly records China’s landscapes and reform-and-opening changes for overseas audiences, publishing numerous works abroad. He has cultivated many Chinese and Japanese photographers and organized international photography groups to visit China, acting as an important exchange bridge. He pursues a unique, gentle observational style, with his core philosophy: “Through the same lens, let people see different wonderful worlds.” His profound photographic attainments enjoy high reputation in both Chinese and Japanese photography circles.

李长锁是推动中日摄影交流的核心摄影家，早年曾任中国摄影家协会国际部主任，后定居日本，统筹主持两国摄影界全部交流对接工作。

他拥有日本大学艺术研究院摄影硕士学位，为中国摄影家协会会员。曾斩获联合国教科文第八届亚洲文化中心奖、全国青年影展奖项、两度拿下全日空《翼的王国》年度大奖，以及中国艺术摄影学会金路奖金奖；同时兼任多家日本杂志特邀摄影师、北京同乡会名誉会长、城西大学研究员、《新华侨》杂志编委。

1952 年李长锁生于北京，北大日语专业毕业后于 1979 年进入中国摄影家协会工作。他师从吕厚民、黄翔等国内摄影前辈，六年间陪同多位日本摄影大师赴中国各地采风。1985 年，经文化部批准，他作为中国文联唯一公派摄影研究生赴日本大学深造，师从摄影名家三木淳，毕业后任职全日空、讲谈社、小学馆等机构专职摄影师。

青年时期他在内蒙古河套平原插队，由此心生对黄河的深厚情愫。1985 年末，他全程踏访黄河，从唐古拉山源头至山东入海口，通过陆路、水路与航拍立体记录黄河人文风光，成为完整拍摄整条黄河的第一人。1986 年他在东京银座举办专题个展《黄河母亲河》，这是大陆摄影家首次在海外举办系列专题展，轰动日本摄影圈并被多家媒体连载报道。

李长锁在日本从事摄影教学与创作三十载，持续以影像向海外展现祖国山河与改革开放风貌，海外刊发作品数量位居前列。他培养了大批中外摄影学习者，常年引荐海外摄影师来华采风，是连接中日摄影界的关键纽带。他观察视角独特、画面表达质朴自然，秉持创作理念：“透过同样的镜头，让人们看到不一样的精彩世界”，深厚的艺术功底使其在中日摄影行业广受认可。