About The Book
In this, her ninth book, the Japanese photographer Miyako Ishiuchi presents graphic yet sensuous black and white close up images of nipples, buttocks, hands, body hair, etc. of Japanese and Caucasian men – including fellow photographers-turned-models here Kineo Kuwabara, Suehiro Tanemura, Masahisa Fukase, and Hajime Sawatari.
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About The Artist
Japanese photographer Miyako Ishiuchi is one of the most respected and compelling photographers of her generation, A significant feature in her work is the meaning and treatment of surface, whether the human skin, the materiality of an object, or personal clothing. Through close attention to surfaces – as traces, mediations, and symbols – Ishiuchi tackles head-on the poetics and politics of history, as for instance women’s life in post-war Japan or the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Ishiuchi has been the subject of solo retrospectives including sat the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the Yokohama Museum of Art. Her accolades include the Kimura Ihei Memorial Photographic Award, the 50th Mainichi Art Award, and the Hasselblad Award.
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Specifics
Miyako Ishiuchi: Sawaru – Chromosome XY (Shinchosha. 1995) // 144 pages // Softcover.
