The Redemption of Life: When Yukio Mishima Meets Eikoh Hosoe | Photography Friend
by fotomen on 2011-09-01 09:13:46
In September 1961, Eikoh Hosoe, the godfather of Japan's post-war surreal photography, suddenly received the task of photographing the famous writer Yukio Mishima. Ten years later, Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide), and this series of photos became instantly famous. Let us experience that experimental shooting of spirit and flesh.
