Born in Tokyo.

In his early teens, ken Kitano buys his first camera and begins submitting works to photography contests.
As his interest in the world of photography grows from hight school on, he begins to collect books and works by and about such noted Japanese photographers as Ken Domon, Daido Moriyama, and Ikko Narahara, as well as foreign artists.

Upon entering Nihon University's College of Industrial Technology, he joins the photography club and, while on a joint picture-taking outing, visits the deserted artificial island Gunkanjima, which he later returns to, alone, a half a dozen times. First exhibit in the Kanto Student Photographers' Exhibition.

Begins the series of Tokyo cityscapes and photographic records he came to call 'Yooyusuru Tosi'(City Flow and Fusion).Joins sessions of a photographic criticism circle known as 491.' Encouraged by the noted art critic Tatsuo Fukushima, Ken Kitano bigins developing more confidence in his own photography and worldview.
Enters Intense Inc., a commercial photography production company.

Leaves Intense Inc. to become a freelance photographer.
Travels for a month and a half in India beginning in February. Visits Varanasi (Benares) and Hardwar, cities in Uttar Pradesh along the Ganges, where people's faces and the river's rapid current inspire and awakening in his a sense of ime's depthand diversity.

'Yooyuusuru Toshi'(City Flow and Fusion), a one-man show,opens at the ICAC Weston Gallery in Tokyo.

Contributes to the First Young Portfolio Exhibition at the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts.

Second trip to India.

Contributes to the Second Young Portfolio Exhibition at the Kiyosato Musium of Photographic Arts. Exhibition at the San Marino Italia. (San Marino International Photomeeting)

メキシコ壁画運動の撮影を開始する。

Contributes to the 4th Young Portfolio Exhibition at the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts.
メキシコ現代写真のレポートを雑誌「BRUTUS」に書く。