{{Short description|Japanese photographer}} '''Yasuyoshi Chiba''' is a Japanese photojournalist, based in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2020 he won World Press Photo of the Year.
==Life and work== {{Expand section|date=April 2020}} Chiba has worked for Agence France-Presse since 2011<ref name="theatlantic">{{cite web|first1=Alan|last1=Taylor|access-date=2020-04-17|title=2018 Seen Through the Lens of Yasuyoshi Chiba - The Atlantic|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/12/2018-seen-through-the-lens-yasuyoshi-chiba/579076/|website=www.theatlantic.com}}</ref> and is currently its Chief Photographer for East Africa and the Indian Ocean.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-04-17|title=Yasuyoshi Chiba|url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/person/2749/Yasuyoshi%20Chiba|website=www.worldpressphoto.org}}</ref> His photojournalism has mostly been made in Brazil and Kenya.<ref name="theatlantic"/> He is based in Nairobi, Kenya.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2020-04-17|title=AFP's Yasuyoshi Chiba wins top World Press Photo prize for Sudan protest picture|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/17/national/media-national/afps-yasuyoshi-chiba-photo-prize/|newspaper=The Japan Times Online|date=17 April 2020|issn=0447-5763}}</ref>
==Publications== *''Kenya Burning, Mgogoro Baada ya Uchaguzi 2007/8.'' Nairobi: GoDown Arts Centre, 2009. {{ISBN|978-9966718211}}. With Boniface Mwangi. Edited by Billy Kahora. In English and Swahili.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Billy|last1=Kahora|first2=Yasuyoshi|last2=Chiba|first3=Boniface|last3=Mwangi|first4=GoDown Arts|last4=Centre|title=Kenya burning : mgogoro baada ya uchaguzi 2007/8|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/35349849|publisher=Nairobi, Kenya : GoDown Arts Centre : Kwani Trust|isbn=978-9966-7182-1-1|via=Trove|first5=Kwani|last5=Trust}}</ref>
==Exhibitions== *''Football as seen through the eyes of children in Cidade de Deus favela,'' with Christophe Simon, Visa pour l'Image, Perpignan, France<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-04-17|title=Football as seen through the eyes of children in Cidade de Deus favela|url=https://www.visapourlimage.com/en/festival/exhibitions/le-foot-dans-les-yeux-des-enfants-de-la-favela-cidade-de-deus|website=Visa pour l’image}}</ref>
==Awards== *2008: Public Prize, Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents, Bayeux, France<ref>{{cite web|first1=J. B. (lefigaro fr) Avec|last1=AFP|access-date=2020-04-17|title=Un journaliste du Figaro récompensé au prix Bayeux|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2008/10/12/01003-20081012ARTFIG00105-un-journaliste-du-figaro-recompense-au-prix-bayeux-.php|date=12 October 2008|website=Le Figaro.fr}}</ref> *2009: Winner, People in the News – Singles category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-04-17|title=2009 Yasuyoshi Chiba PN1|url=https://worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2009/30522/1/2009-Yasuyoshi-Chiba-PN1|website=worldpressphoto.org}}</ref> *2012: Winner, People in the News – Stories category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-04-17|title=2012 Yasuyoshi Chiba PNS1-AL|url=https://worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2012/30049/1/2012-Yasuyoshi-Chiba-PNS1-AL|website=worldpressphoto.org}}</ref> *2020: Winner, World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Photo, Amsterdam<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2020-04-17|title=Image of Sudan uprising wins World Press Photo|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-52319122|newspaper=BBC News|date=16 April 2020}}</ref> *2020: Winner, General News – Singles category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-04-17|title=Yasuyoshi Chiba wins World Press Photo for Sudan protest picture|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/yasuyoshi-chiba-wins-world-press-photo-sudan-protest-picture-200417090338760.html|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Instagram|yasuyoshi_chiba}}
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