Kjeld Duits

Current

• Owner at ESO

Past

• International Emmy Awards Juror at The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
• Olympic Attache at NOC*NSF (Dutch Olympic Committee)

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Websites

• News and Photos on Japan
• Street Fashion eZine
• Old Photos of Japan

Kjeld Duits’s Summary

Journalist, photographer and producer (of TV programs and privately owned internet sites). Author of 'Vrouw breekt los' (Dutch book about Japanese society, 2002).

Work as a journalist and photographer for several daily newspapers and radio stations. Organizations like Associated Press, The Times, Wired Magazine and Australia's Herald Sun have carried my work and I have worked on TV and radio programs, for amongst others, the BBC and NHK. Over the years I have covered major news stories like the earthquakes in Kobe (1995), Taiwan (1999), India (2001), Pakistan (2005) and China (2008), the Tsunami Disaster of 2004 in Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia, as well as the horrific train accident near Osaka (April 2005).

The Japanese Red Cross Organization uses my photos of natural disasters on posters, publications and for fund raising purposes.

My site JapaneseStreets.com about Japanese street fashion was nominated for a Webby Award in 2003. It is the world's most popular site about Japanese street fashion, consistently ranking number one on Google, and also features reports and full collections of Japan Fashion Week.

Selected Publications:
"Vrouw breekt los" (BZZTÔH, Netherlands, 2002).
“Hanshin Daishinsai Mo Ichinen Mada Ichinen” (Essay, Asahi Sonorama, Japan, 1996)
“Shinsai Shita Watashitachi no Kiroku” (Essay, Asahi Sonorama, Japan, 1995)

Kjeld Duits’s Specialties:

Print and photo journalism. Specialize in Japanese street fashion and natural disasters in Asia, but generally cover everything Japanese.

Kjeld Duits’s Experience

• Owner

  ESO

  (Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Research industry)

  1984 — Present (25 years )

  Clients include:
  
  AUSTRALIA: Herald Sun, John Wiley & Sons, New Idea Magazine, Sunday Magazine
  
  JAPAN: Asahi Broadcasting Company, Friday Magazine, Mainichi Broadcasting, NHK, Organon Japan, Osaka City Government, Shukan Gendai, SUN TV, Sunday Mainichi, TBS, Tokyo TV
  
  NETHERLANDS: ANP, Het Algemeen Dagblad, Endemol Nederland BV, Evangelische Omroep, GPD, KRO, De Leeuwarder Courant, De Limburger, Noordhollandse Dagbladen, NCRV, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Het Reformatorisch Dagblad, RTL4, Squeeze, Trouw
  
  UNITED KINGDOM: BBC, Essential Media Ltd, The Times, Oxford University Press
  
  USA: Associated Press, Condé Nast, Duke University Press, Inside Fashion, Prudential Bache, Wired
  
  OTHER: Agência Europeia de Imprensa (Portugal), European Pressphoto Agency (Germany), European Press Network (France), Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)

• International Emmy Awards Juror

  The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

  (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

  2001 — 2002 (1 year )

  Have been a juror for the International Emmy Awards twice.

• Olympic Attache

  NOC*NSF (Dutch Olympic Committee)

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Sports industry)

  1995 — 1998 (3 years )

  In charge of all preparations of the Dutch Olympic Committee inside Japan for the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano. Found and negotiated locations for the hospitality house, VIP accomodations, training camps, supporter accomodations, staff accomodations and more. Recruited and hired volunteers and other staff in Japan. Also played a major role in food provisioning, the organization of parties for VIPs (such as the Dutch Crown Prince) and other major activities.

Additional Information

Kjeld Duits’s Websites:

• News and Photos on Japan
• Street Fashion eZine
• Old Photos of Japan

Kjeld Duits’s Interests:

Natural disasters, street fashion, social trends, digital photography,

Kjeld Duits’s Groups:

Editorial Photographers (EP)
Netherlands Society in West Japan (Special Advisor)

•    Dutch journalists, editors and copywriters
•    ThoseinMedia
•    Friends of Japan / Nippon no Yuujin
•    Business in Japan
•    Media Professionals Worldwide
•    International Fashion & Apparel Association
•    Dutch Media Intelligence
•    SACHIO KAWASAKI

Kjeld Duits’s Honors:

Webby Nomination for JAPANESE STREETS, USA, 2003
2nd prize for "EYES", International Open Image 2001, United Kingdom, 2001
Silver Prize for "River of Fire", Daily Yomiuri Photo Contest, Japan, 2000
Bronze Prize for "Summer Dance", Daily Yomiuri Photo Contest, Japan, 1998
Bronze Prize, Hankyu Railway 2001 Photo Contest, Japan, 1998
Bronze Award for "Female Warrior", Rekishi Kaido Promotional Council Photo Contest, Japan, 1996
Award for "Autumn", Daily Yomiuri Photo Contest, Japan, 1997
Official acknowledgement from Mayor of Osaka for organizing the Osaka Charity Festival, Japan

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