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Eikoh Hosoe

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Eikoh Hosoe
Born(1933-03-18)18 March 1933
Died16 September 2024(2024-09-16) (aged 91)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationPhotographer

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]

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

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  1. Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label, Man and Woman # 24 by Eikoh Hosoe, accession TCM.2003.31.29
  2. Josef Chladek on Photobooks
  3. "Photographer Eikoh Hosoe, who snapped Yukio Mishima, dies at 91". The Mainichi. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  4. "Photographer Eikoh Hosoe, who snapped Yukio Mishima, dies at 91". Kyodo News. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.

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