Eikoh Hosoe

Carmel, California: Friends of Photography, 1986. Octavo in wraps; 62 pp: 31 pages of plates: photographs (b&w); 19 cm Near Fine(+); pages bright and clean; photographs crisp; binding tight. Paperback. ISBN: 9780933286467

Eikoh Hosoe was a Japanese photographer and filmmaker who emerged in the experimental arts movement of post-World War II Japan. Hosoe is best known for his dark, high contrast, black and white photographs of human bodies. His images are often psychologically charged, exploring subjects such as death, erotic obsession, and irrationality. Some of his photographs reference religion, philosophy and mythology, while others are nearly abstract.