The first issue of Shashin Shuho credits Ihei Kimura as the photographer of the photo on the cover and the photo shown in the eleventh image (name listed in the bottom right of the twelfth image in Document 1).

Ihei Kimura was born in 1901. He joined a sugar wholesaler in Taiwan in 1920 and learned about business photography during his time there. He then returned to Japan in 1922 and opened a photography studio in 1924. Later in 1933, he established Nippon Kobo with Yonosuke Natori and a few others, and began to pursue photojournalism. The following year in 1934 he left Nippon Kobo to establish Chuo Kobo. He was then involved with the establishment of the International Report Photography Association in September 1934, and took a very active role in the affairs of the association. In 1950, he became the Chairman of the Japan Professional Photographers Society.

Document 1 is the first issue of Shashin Shuho, which was published on February 16, 1938. The cover features a photo taken by Kimura.

Document 2 is a set of documents related to discussions with the Ministry of the Navy. Ihei Kimura took part in these discussions on the behalf of the International Report Photography Association, seeking to obtain a permission to take photos of the training and lives of young pilots in the Navy. This set includes the first business reports of the International Report Photography Association (the seventh image through the eleventh image), and a document that describes the purpose for establishing the International Report Photography Association (the twelfth image and the thirteenth image) and shows some of its activities.

In issue No. 17 of Shashin Shuho from June 8, 1938, Ken Domon is credited as the photographer of the photo on the cover page, those appearing in the fourth to seventh images, and those in the tenth image and eleventh image (name listed in the bottom right of the twelfth image in Document 3).

Ken Domon was born in 1909. In 1933 he became an apprentice at Kotaro Miyauchi Photo Studio and aimed to become a news photographer. In 1935 he joined Nippon Kobo, which was established by Yonosuke Natori, Ihei Kimura, and a few others. Domon later left Nippon Kobo in 1939, and became a non-regular cameraman of Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, an extra-departmental body of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1940, he established the Japan Press Photographers Association and formed a film crew to shoot the 2600th anniversary celebration.

Document 3 is issue No. 17 of Shashin Shuho, which was published on June 8, 1938. Photos taken by Ken Domon were used on the cover and in some of the articles.

In issue No. 20 of Shashin Shuho from June 29, 1938, Soichi Oya is credited as the photographer of the photos for an article about Inner Mongolia (name listed in the bottom left of the circle in the middle of the photo above ).

Soichi Oya was born in 1900. After dropping out of the Sociology Department of the Faculty of Letters of the Tokyo Imperial University in 1925, he became a part-time worker at Shinchosha Publishing and an associate of Tokyo Nichinichi Newspaper. He worked other positions before becoming a war correspondent during the Sino-Japanese War and reporting from various places in China. In 1941, he was recruited by the Propaganda Squad of the 16th Army, and went to Java, Indonesia the following year in 1942 before coming back to Japan in October 1943. After the war, he wrote a number of critical essays and created many vogue words.

Document 4 is issue No. 20 of Shashin Shuho, which was published on June 29, 1938. It contains photos taken by Soichi Oya and articles that he wrote. The signature of Soichi Oya appears in the article titled “Journey through Inner Mongolian” in the issue (the sixth image).