# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shomei-tomatsu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:29:30.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shomei-tomatsu"
name: "Shōmei Tōmatsu"
slug: "shomei-tomatsu"
description: "Shōmei Tōmatsu  was a Japanese photographer. He is known primarily for his images that depict the impact of World War II on Japan and the subsequent occupation of U.S. forces. As one of the leading postwar photographers, Tōmatsu is attributed with influencing the younger generations of photographers including those associated with the magazine Provoke."
tagline: "Japanese photographer (1930–2012)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1930-01-16"
deathDate: "2012-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.890714666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%83%2C_%D0%A1%D1%91%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%B9"
    title: "Томацу, Сёмэй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "شومى توماتسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shomei_Tomatsu"
    title: "Shomei Tomatsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0%C3%B3mei_T%C3%B3macu"
    title: "Šómei Tómacu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dmei_T%C5%8Dmatsu"
    title: "Shōmei Tōmatsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dmei_T%C5%8Dmatsu"
    title: "Shōmei Tōmatsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dmei_T%C5%8Dmatsu"
    title: "Shōmei Tōmatsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dmei_T%C5%8Dmatsu"
    title: "Shōmei Tōmatsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E6%9D%BE%E7%85%A7%E6%98%8E"
    title: "東松照明"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373158"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump