Rie | Lena C. Emery | Kominek 2016 Yoji Ishikawa a few rubbings around the

a few rubbings around the edges

Ishimoto brought a formalist perspective to the Japanese photographic scene of the time

The conflict brought about by this strong contrast conveys both a sense of the world's realness as well as a feeling that things are being manipulated

walking the dog took him about two hours

"Sha Shin" is the Japanese contemporary photography magazine launched by Fugensha in January 2022

Rie | Lena C. Emery | Kominek 2016 Yoji Ishikawa a few rubbings around theWithin the series of Rie, I wanted to embark on an inherently female dialogue on the subject of revealing. Japan is uniquely ambigious in this respect which encouraged me to explore these thoughts through the communication with and portrayal of Japanese women. As the subjects in the images repeatedly pose, rest and move at times playfully while being in different states of undress, we become witness to a delicately complex elaboration in character.