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Toshio Sakai was born on 31 March, 1940 in Tokyo, Japan, is a photographer. Discover Toshio Sakai's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?
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59 years old |
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Aries |
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31 March, 1940 |
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31 March |
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Tokyo, Japan |
| Date of death |
(1999-11-21) Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture |
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Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture |
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Japan |
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Toshio Sakai Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Toshio Sakai's Wife?
His wife is Hideko Sakai
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Toshio Sakai Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Toshio Sakai worth at the age of 59 years old? Toshio Sakai’s income source is mostly from being a successful photographer. He is from Japan. We have estimated
Toshio Sakai's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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photographer |
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Timeline
In 1973 Sakai switched to the news picture editor’s position. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, he became UPI’s photo manager in Seoul. In 1977 he became an independent freelance photographer, publishing in Newsweek, the Times and other important international publications. In 1986 he covered the overthrow of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines and riots at the Tiananmen Square in 1989.
UPI selected Toshio Sakai for a trip to Laos, but his appearance was considered too Japanese and good-looking and he couldn’t be disguised as a Vietnamese, that is why the crew chief “always told him to get lost”. In 1968 Sakai became the photo director of the Tokyo bureau of Agence France-Presse, in 1994 he founded a video film planning company.
In 1968 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his photo "Dreams of Better Times" taken on June 17, 1967, during the Vietnam War. He was the first person to receive that award. The photo showed an American soldier asleep on a pile of sandbags under a heavy monsoon rain, while his comrade was standing guard. Their troop located at the Landing Zone Rufe in 36 miles northeast Of Phuc Vinh, they had a brief rest after sniper and mortar fire.
Toshio Sakai (酒井 淑夫, Sakai Toshio, March 31, 1940 – November 21, 1999) was a Japanese photographer for United Press International. He was the very first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.
Toshio Sakai was born in Tōkai, Japan, on March 31, 1940. In 1964 he graduated from the Meiji University and joined United Press International as a darkroom technician. In a year, he was promoted to a staff photographer. In 1965-1975 he worked for UPI, covering multiple topics and visiting hotspots around the world. He covered the Vietnam War and made several trips to the country in 1966-68. His close friend was another Japanese photographer and Pulitzer Prize winner Kyōichi Sawada. Sawada was killed in Cambodian Takéo Province in October 1970, Sakai was the one who returned Sawada’s ashes to his widow.
