Eikoh Hosoe
(Yonezawa, Japan, 1933 - 2024, Tokyo, Japan)
Barakei #19
1961 (printed 2006)
Selenium toned gelatin silver print
7 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (18.5 x 29.2 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Knight Purchase Fund for Photographic Media
2006.163
© 1960 Eikoh Hosoe / Courtesy of amanaTIGP
More Information
Hosoe’s best known series is Barakei (Killed by Roses), a wild yet poetic portrait of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. A celebrated intellectual, Mishima wanted to be seen as a “man of the body.” These prints, too, are non-traditional, incorporating montage, multiple exposures, bleaching and other manipulation.
Keywords
PhotographyEye
Black and White
Japanese