Alaska cod is jumping out of the water.

Alaska cod is jumping out of the water. Author: Michio Hoshino.

First, the life of the characters.

1952, Michio Hoshino was born in Ishikawa, Chiba Prefecture, and graduated from the Economics Department of Keio University. After graduating from college, he worked as an assistant to animal photographer Tanaka Hiroshi, learning photography skills, and resigned two years later. 1978, Michio Hoshino took the entrance examination for the University of Alaska at fairbanks. Although he failed in English conversation, he later entered the wildlife management college with the consent of the principal.

1996, Yukio Hoshino dreamed of the sky for the TBS program "どぅぶつ". According to the materials, he was attacked by a brown bear while filming in Skoye Lake, Courier, kamchatka peninsula, at the age of 43.

Michio Hoshino's totem pole was set up in Sitka, Alaska, USA on August 8, 2008, which is also the anniversary of his death 12. His widow also came from Japan to attend the ceremony.

Second, awards

1986: the third general social animal photography award.

1990: 15th Kimura Giei Prize.

1999: Special Award awarded posthumously by Japan Photography Association.

Third, the works

Tree of Travel, Alaska, Light and Wind, Performer, Michio Hoshino's Works 1 ~ 4, Light in the North, in a long journey (this book is the last silent message left by the author Michio Hoshino/KLOC-0 after he was killed by a brown bear in kamchatka peninsula in 996, and it is a gentle essay close to man and nature).