Mikio Suzuki ｜

1949  Born January 28 in Soshigaya, Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. Moved to Fukushima during childhood.

1970  Enrolled at Chiyoda Photography School.

1971  Joined International News as a cameraman.

1974  Visited Okinawa Airakuen for the first time.

1976  Completed photographic work at Airakuen. Joined the Daily Press as a cameraman.

1979  Joined the daily Choshi News as a reporter.

1985  Built the Muichi Kiln in Kita-Aizu Village, Fukushima Prefecture. Afterwards, held numerous solo and group exhibitions as a ceramic artist in various locations.

2007  Thirteen of Suzuki's photographs were published in Okinawa Prefecture Hansen's Disease Collected Testimonies: Okinawa Airakuen Edition (Okinawa Airakuen Residents' Association).

2018  Sixty-four of Suzuki's photographs were displayed in the special exhibition Okinawa's Scars held at the Okinawa Airakuen History Museum.

2025  Suzuki's photobook Remembering Lives Lived Wholeheartedly - Okinawa Airakuen 1975 was published by Akaaka Art Publishing.