Kishin Shinoyama - Hair [ヘア] - 1994

A highly provocative and artistically significant volume from the legendary master of postwar Japanese photography, Kishin Shinoyama (篠山紀信, 1940–2024).
Published as part of Shinchosha's prestigious Photo Musée series, Hair remains one of the most talked-about Japanese nude photobooks of the 1990s.

About the Book & Historical Context
Following the landmark liberalization of Japanese censorship laws regarding adult publications in 1991 (which finally allowed the depiction of pubic hair), Shinoyama released this highly stylized, abstract monograph.

Rather than focusing on conventional glamour portraits, Hair is a brilliant, tight-cropped study of the female form.
The camera focuses entirely on the curves of the body and pubic hair as a subject of pure form, texture, and abstract geometry.
Shot in vibrant, rich color with no faces shown, this book elevates the physical human form into elegant, minimalist landscape-like imagery.

Size: 20 x 15 x 0.9 cm
Weight: 255 grams

The item is in good condition.

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