Harry K. Shigeta was born in 1887 in Ueda, Japan. He came to live in Seattle, Washington at the age of 16. Throughout his life, he spent time in Minneapolis, Los Angelas, and Chicago where he worked in several portrait photography studios. In 1930 he partnered with fellow photographer George Wright to open the Shigeta-Wright Studio and became known for his modern and industrial photographs.
Profile portrait of Shigeta smoking a pipe surrounded by large studio lights.
Additional Artworks
From Colorado Photographic Arts Center
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Trent Davis Bailey
Scrim, Paonia, Colorado, 2014
Archival Pigment Print
22.5 x 18 in
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Mike Kane
Sasabe, Mexico, from the series, Desert Vigilantes
archival inkjet print
12.25 x 19 in
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Kay Weed
Secrets
Sepia toned Black and White photograph
8.75 x 6.5 in
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Peter Menzel
Semana Santa, Seville, Spain 1973
Black and White photograph
6 x 9 in
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Carlton Watkins
Seal Rock
Albumen
15.25 x 20.5 in
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Gary Lynch
Schizophrenia Triptych Center Panel From Identity Series
19.5 x 19.5 in
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Gary Lynch
Schizophrenia Triptych Right Panel From Identity Series
19.5 x 19.5 in
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Gary Lynch
Schizophrenia Triptych Left Panel From Identity Series
19.5 x 19.5 in
About the artist
Harry K. Shigeta
1887-1963