Death of Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe

[Alex Benjamin]

Kyodo News reports the death last week of Eikoh Hosoe, one of Japan's foremost post-war photographer

Photographer Eikoh Hosoe, who snapped Yukio Mishima, dies at 91

Eikoh Hosoe, known for his aesthetic photographs of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, died last week in a Tokyo hospital due to an adrenal gland tumor, his family says. He was 91.

english.kyodonews.net

 

[BrianShaw]

Sad news. Rest in peace!

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

 

[Ben 4]

Sorry to hear this. I met his work through Lustrum Press' 1977 book Darkroom—an influential exploration of style and technique for me.

 

[MarkS]

I heard him speak at the Visual Studies Workshop a long time ago, in the early 1980s I think. It was quite inspirational, although his pictures and mine are quite different.
He was a true artist- a singular vision, with personalized technique to bring it to life.
May he rest in peace!

 

[Peter Schrager]

Great photographer

 

[Patrick Robert James]

Well, that is a bummer.

 

[Alex Benjamin]

Good overview of his life and art in Aperture, from May 2023.

Eikoh Hosoe's Mythic and Surreal Photographs

In his collaborations with influential literary figures and performers, the Japanese photographer created scenes that invoke the fantastic.

aperture.org

 

[Alex Benjamin]