Started his carrier as professional photographer in 1998. Tsutomu has been shooting snowboard scenes in Japan and other countries. His works has been published for over 25 years. Based in Hakuba area in Nagano where Japan Alps standing right next to. Specialized to backcountry photo shooting where Tsutomu has been familiar with since he was little. Tsutomu is also showing local snowboard cultures to outside of Hakuba area. One of the few photographers who is specialized to backcountry photo shooting in Japan.
Recently, Tsutomu has been shooting human roots and arctic photograpy while he travels around the arctic to searching for snow-tribe of this planet.
His recent photo shows and slide show has been showing us the great cycles of life in the earth of our nature, and telling us climate and environmental changes that we don’t realize.

Publications

2015 "inner focus" Shogakukan JP
2018 "vision quest" Self publish
2023 "MIAGGOORTOQ" Sannomaru works

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 MIAGGOORTOQ / AL Gallery Tokyo JP
2019 Tsutomu Endo in Symposium Hakuba / Wing 21 culture hall Nagano JP
2018 The northern limit : Living in the present / Fiji film Gallery. Tokyo JP
2018-2019 Tsutomu Endo / 82 Bank street gallery / Nagano JP
2016 inner peace / ASAKURA Gallery . Omachi JP
2016 inner peace / Creative space Hayashi.Kanagawa JP
2016 Art of snow players/ Gallery AL.Tokyo JP
2015 MIZUNOKIOKU( Memory of water) / Fuji Film Gallery.Tokyo JP
2012 Snow meditation / Fire king cafe.Tokyo JP
2011 YUKIIRO (snow colors) / Gallery “IIZURA”Nagano JP
2011 MANATSUNOYUKI (Snow in Summer)/ Hakuba JP
2011 YUKINO NOKUMORI (Heart warming of snow)/ Hakuba JP
2008 Love it / Ishikawa JP
2008 Love it / Hakuba JP

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020-2021 The Chain Museum / NEWoMan . Yokohama JP
2018 MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL / Hakuba JP
2017 INDIVIDUAL ACT / Gallery IIZURA.Omachi JP
2017 Boarders Photo Journal / Wag gallery .Tokyo JP
2016 New-Nature Photo Festival / KAWABA . Gunma JP
2016 Snow meditation / INA cultural hall.Nagano JP
2015 FUJI FILM EXHIBITION / Fuji Film.Tokyo JP
2015 FUJI FILM EXHIBITION / CP+ .Tokyo JP
2011 SHIBUYA STYLE / SEIBU SOGO.Tokyo JP
2011 EXHIBITION/MANLY.Australia
2009 SNOW CREATION / Kyoto JP
2007 Live Naturally / Ibaragi and Kyoto JP
2007 FOCUS ALL / Tokyo JP   

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Books from Tsutomu ENDO