is a Japanese photographer, filmmaker, arts curator and art theorist. He is also Professor at the Tama Art University since 1995.
In 2000, Minato served as curator of the arts exhibition Serendipity: Photography, Video, Experimental Film and Multimedia Installation from Asia. Among his other major curatorial works is the Japanese Pavilion at the Venezia Biennale (Venice, Italy) in 2007.
References
Bibliography Nihon shashinka jiten () / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese. « Chihiro Minato: Only Once », art press, number 353, 2009