Let's make this birthday one to remember.

79 years old (Born on December 19, 1945)

Happy Birthday, Taro! Another year older and still capturing life's most intriguing moments—though hopefully today you're documenting cake slices instead of cell blocks. Your Pulitzer-winning work at Jackson Prison remains timeless proof that you can find humanity even behind bars (and humor in the darkest corners).

May your birthday be filled with laughter brighter than camera flashes and memories richer than black-and-white film. Here's to another fantastic chapter ahead; may it bring fewer prison visits but just as many captivating stories worth telling—and photographing!

Cheers to a legend whose lens always finds truth, compassion, and occasionally something funny too!