Cover art for Yasuhiro Ishimoto Lines And Bodies
Published
Atelier Exb, November 2024
ISBN
9782365114066
Format
Hardcover

Yasuhiro Ishimoto Lines And Bodies

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This monograph allows us to rediscover the work of a photographer who published very little during his lifetime. The singularity of his vision and his work on the motif, which sometimes went as far as abstraction, made Ishimoto a key figure in the art world.

Street scenes, portraits of children dressed up for Halloween, billboards, building facades in working-class neighborhoods: his images testify to his mastery of framing as well as his sensitive perception of textures and motifs. Four fold-outs featuring the photographer's iconic series punctuate this publication. These include the Chicago, Beach series, in which the legs of beachgoers together create a graphic, infinite composition; and Kyoto, Katsura, one of Ishimoto's most emblematic series, which captures details of the Japanese villa - its streamlined structure, its gardens and stone paths. Ishimoto's work combines the formal approach of Chicago's New Bauhaus with the quintessence of Japanese aesthetics. Conceived in close collaboration with the Ishimoto Yasuhiro Photo Center, the book - which focuses on the first decades of his work - accompanies the eponymous exhibition at Le BAL, curated by Diane Dufour with Mei Asakura, director of the Archives.

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