2022.08.22 15:40Nation

報道写真家の笹本恒子さん死去、１０７歳

　笹本　恒子さん（ささもと・つねこ＝報道写真家）１５日、老衰のため神奈川県鎌倉市の高齢者施設で死去、１０７歳。東京都出身。葬儀は近親者で済ませた。喪主はおいの正男（まさお）さん。
　４０年、写真協会に入り、日独伊三国同盟の婦人祝賀会など日米開戦前の出来事を撮影。戦後は新聞社勤務などを経てフリーとなり、日米安保闘争を取材するなど、「日本初の女性報道写真家」として活躍した。
　一時活動を休止したが、７１歳で復帰。１６年、写真界の国際的な賞である米ルーシー賞で、生涯にわたって写真界に貢献した個人をたたえる「ライフタイム・アチーブメント部門賞」を受賞した。（2022/08/22-15:40）

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2022.08.22 15:40Nation

Tsuneko Sasamoto, Japan's 1st Female Photojournalist, Dies at 107

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Tsuneko Sasamoto, known as Japan's first female photojournalist, died of old age at a facility for the elderly in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Aug. 15. She was 107.
   In the run-up to the Pacific War from 1941, Sasamoto took photos of events including a ladies' meeting celebrating the Tripartite Pact between Germany, Italy and Japan.
   After the war, she worked for a newspaper and then became a freelancer, including covering the conflict in Japan over the security treaty with the United States.
   Although she stepped away from her career for a time, Sasamoto made a comeback at the age of 71.
   In 2016, Sasamoto received the U.S. Lucie Award in the lifetime achievement category.