Eihoh Hosoe
Eikoh Hosoe ( born 18 March 1933 in Yonezawa, Yamagata) is a Japanese photographer and filmmaker who emerged in the experimental arts movement of post-World War II Japan. He is known for his psychologically charged images, often exploring subjects such as death, erotic obsession, and irrationality. He is known for his friendships and artistic collaborations with the writer Yukio Mishima and 1960s avant-garde artists such as the dancer Tatsumi Hijikata.
1933 Born in Yonezawa, Yamagata. |
“To me photography can be simultaneously both a record and a mirror or window of self-expression… the camera is generally assumed to be unable to depict that which is not visible to the eye and yet, the photographer who wields it well can depict what lies unseen in his memory.”- Eikoh Hosoe
EIKOH HOSOE: “Subject Matter”
By Eikoh Hosoe
I am Eikoh Hosoe, a photographer from Tokyo. It is a great honor for me to speak on this special occasion about my collection of photographs of Ba-ra-kei, or Ordeal by Roses, and my experience of photographing Yukio Mishima.
Ba-ra-kei began one day in September 1961 as a result of an assignment from the Japanese publisher Kodansha. I was commissioned to photograph Yukio Mishima for the cover of Mishima’s book of critical essays, which Kodansha was about to publish.
I knew Mishima by name, but I had never met him. I was curious as to why I had been given such an important assignment and was told by the editor over the phone that I had been chosen at Mishima’s special request. I instantly accepted the offer, but the question still remained: Why had he chosen me?
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Eikoh Hosoe: Embrace
Eikoh Hosoe: Embrace
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Eikoh Hosoe : Man and women
Eikoh Hosoe : Kamaitachi
Eikoh Hosoe: Kamaitachi
Eikoh Hosoe : Kamaitachi
Eikoh Hosoe : Kamaitachi
Eikoh Hosoe : Kamaitachi