is a Japanese photographer and photography writer.
Early life
Born in Onomichi, Hiroshima, on 1 January 1936, Matsumoto graduated from Nihon University in 1958.
Photography career
Matsumoto started to work for the publishing company while still a student, but went freelance in 1963, mostly working for corporate and other magazines. From 1964 his photography was mainly of the theatre.
Matsumoto has published numerous books about the history of Japanese photography.
Eighteen prints by Matsumoto are in the collection of the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.
Books by Matsumoto
- Mizutani Yaeko 1974âÂÂ1979 (). Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1980. Photographs by Matsumoto.
- Kamera o hajimeru hito no tame ni (). Tokyo: Ikeda Shoten, 1984.
- ShÃ
Âwa o toraeta shashinka no me: Sengo shashin no ayumi o tadoru (). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1989.
- A Collection of Japanese Photographs, 1912âÂÂ1940. Tokyo: Shashinkosha, 1990.
- Matsumoto Norihiko sakuhin-ten: Nissei gekijÃ
 1964âÂÂ1971 (). Tokyo: JCII Photo Salon, 1995.
- Shashinka no kontakuto tanken: Ichimai no meisaku wa dÃ
 ebareta ka (). Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1996.
- MonokurÃ
Âmu shashin no miryoku (). Tonbo no Hon. Tokyo: ShinchÃ
Âsha, 1998. With Tsuneo Enari.
- Nihon no bijutsukan to shashin korekushon (). Kyoto: TankÃ
Âsha, 2002.
- Koshiji Fubuki: Ai no sanka () = Fubuki Koshiji: Hymne ÃÂ l'amour. Kyoto: TankÃ
Âsha, 2003.
- Shimanami Norumandë "futatsu no toshi" shashinten: Matsumoto Norihiko: Shimanami kaidÃ
 10-shÃ
«nen kinen (). Onomichi, Hiroshima: Onomichi City Museum of Art, 2009.
- Toki o kizanda shashin: Hozon ga nozomareru firumu (). Tokyo: JCII Photo Salon, 2011.
- Shitte imasuka ... Hiroshima Nagasaki no genshi bakudan: Hibaku kara 70-nen (). Tokyo: JCII Photo Salon, 2015.
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