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Japan Advertising Photographers' Association

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Japan Advertising Photographers' Association
日本広告写真家協会
AbbreviationAPA
Formation1958 (1958)
Founded atJapan
TypeProfessional association
Legal statusActive
PurposeTo promote and support advertising photography in Japan
Professional title
Photographer
Location
  • Japan
Region served
Japan
FieldsAdvertising photography
Official language
Japanese
Publication
Annual survey of photography

The Japan Advertising Photographers' Association (日本広告写真家協会, Nihon Kōkoku-Shashinka Kyōkai), commonly called APA, was founded in 1958. It has held exhibitions since 1959 and publishes an annual survey of the most interesting photography.

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  • (in Japanese) APA-Japan.com Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
  • (in Japanese) Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8