Eikoh Hosoe
Japanese photographer (1933–2024)
Eikoh Hosoe (細江 英公, Hosoe Eikō, 18 March 1933 – 16 September 2024) was a Japanese photographer and filmmaker. His works focused in experimental arts movement. They were about post-World War II Japan. Hosoe is best known for his dark black and white photographs of human bodies. They were sometimes about death, religion, philosophy and mythology.[1][2]
Eikoh Hosoe | |
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| Born | 18 March 1933 Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan |
| Died | 16 September 2024 (aged 91) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Photographer |
Hosoe died at a hospital in Tokyo, Japan on 16 September 2024 from an adrenal gland tumor at the age of 91[3][4]
References
change- ↑ Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label, Man and Woman # 24 by Eikoh Hosoe, accession TCM.2003.31.29
- ↑ Josef Chladek on Photobooks
- ↑ "Photographer Eikoh Hosoe, who snapped Yukio Mishima, dies at 91". The Mainichi. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ↑ "Photographer Eikoh Hosoe, who snapped Yukio Mishima, dies at 91". Kyodo News. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
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