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| Born in Yorkshire, and at age three,
moved to Malvern, Worcestershire where he spent his youth on
his families' farm studying to become a Horticulturist. He graduated
from the Army Physical Training Corps Academy and became an Army
Physical Training Instructor for seven years. During this period
he was also a gymnast performing in competitions and international
gymnastic displays. Utilizing his skills as a gymnast he became
a professional acrobat and began to perform in countries throughout
the world. It was during this period of travel that he became
deeply involved in photography and opened his own studio in Hollywood.
He came to Japan in 1969 and has been here ever since. (Hymas
says that Japan is a photographers paradise because there are
such a great variety of subjects to study and photograph.) In
1992 he was awarded the AVA multi-media ''Grand Prix Prize"
for his high vision photo presentation "Japan The Four Seasons.''
In 1995 he received the sixth Agricultural Culture Award for
his book "Tambo" The Sacred Fields. In 2005 his years
of work was recognized by the Japanese government for having
both domestically and internationally heightened the people's
awareness of the beauty and importance of Japan's natural heritage.
Hymas has published more than twenty books about Japan and is the author of the undermentioned publications. |
| Books | Publisher |
| JAPAN THE FOUR SEASONS (English edition） | Shufunotomo Publishing |
| Nihon no Shiki | Shufunotomo Publishing |
| Tambo The Sacred Fields | NTT Publishing |
| Furusato | U-Leag |
| Utsukushii Nihon no Kokoro | Kyuryudo |
| Johnny Hymas Koyomi | Japan Agriculture Association |
| Okome | Shogakkan |
| JAPAN THE LIVING GARDENS（English edition） | Shufunotomo Publishing |
| Niwa no Kokoro | Shufunotomo Publishing |
| Omokage no Nihon | Kobunsha |
| Utsukushii Kuni Art Grand Japan | Kyuryudo |
| Inaka | Gakken |
| JAPAN The Ancient Rice Fields（English edition） | Shufunotomo Publishing |
| Tambo no Kisetsu | Shufunotomo Publishing |
| The English Countryside | Gakken |
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| Floral Fantasy | Graphic-sha |
| The Poetry of Sakura | Gakken |
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| FULL BLOOM (Flowers) | Digitalogue Inc. |
| PAST EXHIBITIONS HELD IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF JAPAN | |
| Exhibition | Gallery |
| THE FOUR SEASONS | Art Box Gallery (Tokyo) |
| JAPAN THE FOUR SEASONS | JR Osaka Selvis Gallery |
| TAMBO THE SACRED FIELDS | Ginza Nikon Salon (Tokyo) |
| LIVING GARDENS | Fuji Photo Salon (Tokyo) |
| TAMBO THE SACRED FIELDS | All of Japan tour |
| TAMBO THE SACRED FIELDS | Nikon Salon (Osaka) |
| LIVING GARDENS | Fuji Photo Salon (Osaka) |
| OKOME | T3 Gallery (Yokosuka) |
| TAMBO THE SACRED FIELDS | Seibu Department Store Gallery (Ishikawa) |
| Utsukushii Nihon No Kokoro | Kinoha Gallery (Tokyo) |
| TAMBO THE SACRED FIELDS | Moriyama City Library (Nagasaki) |
| The Seasons of Fukushima | Nippon Matsu Furusatomura (Fukushima) |
| World of Johnny Hymas | Hanshin Department Store Art Gallery (Osaka) |
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