Eikoh Hosoe

Eikoh Hosoe was born in Yonezawa, Yamagata in 1933 and graduated from Tokyo College of Photography in 1951. He exhibited in his first solo show in 1956 and has since established himself as an internationally acclaimed photographer. Eikoh Hosoe’s work has been exhibited in the International Center of Photography and Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Nikon Salon, Tokyo; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Smithsonian, Washington D. C. Published works include: Man and Woman, 1959, Embrace, 1971, The Cosmos of Gaudi, 1986 and Eikoh Hosoe, 1986, among numerous others. He has been a professor of photography at Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics since 1975 teaching various photography workshops worldwide.

Images featured here are from “Kamaitachi”, published by The Aperture Foundation in 2009 and originally published in 1969 as a limited edition photo book of 1000 pieces.

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Eikoh Hosoe is featured in Edition: Out Of This World and Sanbusaku 1 三部作

Ordeal by Roses "Barakei" no. 6, (1961)
Ordeal by Roses "Barakei" no. 26, (1961)
Ordeal by Roses "Barakei" no. 29, (1961)
Ordeal by Roses "Barakei" no. 32, (1961)
Ordeal by Roses "Barakei", (1961)
Poster designed by Yokoo Tadanori for Barakei
Kazuo Ohno, (1996)
Kazuo Ohno, (1980)
Kazuo Ohno, (1994)
The Butterfly Dream book cover designed by Yokoo Tadanori
The Butterfly Dream poster design by Yokoo Tadanori
Excerpt from "Kamaitachi" (1955-68)
Excerpt from "Kamaitachi" (1955-68)
Excerpt from "Kamaitachi" (1955-68)
Excerpt from "Kamaitachi" (1955-68)
Excerpt from "Kamaitachi" (1955-68)
Excerpt from "Kamaitachi" (1955-68)