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Japanese photographer (–)

Eikoh Hosoe (細江 英公, Hosoe Eikō, 18 March – 16 September ) 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, such as Man and Woman # 24, from ^[1][2] He was professionally and personally affiliated with the writer Yukio Mishima and experimental artists of the s such as the dancer Tatsumi Hijikata, though his work extends to a diversity of subjects.

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