Humans beings are creatures that perceive, recognize, interact with, and consider the exterior world of things and others. These actions, carried out within cultural and historical contexts, constitute signs and establish a language. Various bodies have spoken historically in dance, fashion, and portrait photography.
Careful attention to recent photographic media reveals that physical presence has intensified and its semiotic meanings have been transformed. The development of AI and complications of and diversification of gender and national identities, as well as the necessity of addressing these issues have simultaneously raised questions regarding the criteria for beauty and other notions created in modern civilization, have helped change the way the sign of “the body” means.In this issue, we analyze what photographers today articulate when they aim to capture bodily expressions in a single image.
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Contents
Feature: Voices of Body in Photography
「Mayu」Sayuri Ichida
Text: Lena Fritsch
「Of Mud and Lotus」Viviane Sassen
Text: Mika Kobayashi
「Sunday」Paul Kooiker
Text: Hideto Fuse
「Morphologies」Sanna Letho
Text: Aoko Matsuda
Ren Hang
Text: Fish Zhang, Dian Hanson, Bryce Zhao, Inri, Ken-ichi Nakahashi
「COLLECTION」Weronika Gęsicka
Interview with the artist
Posturing: New Vision of Body in Fashion Photography
「Photo Synthesis」Keiichi Tahara
Text: IMA
STEP OUT！vol.23 Masashi Mihotani
Design is a Magic!
「Bright Black World」Todd Hido
Text: Minami Aoyama
Avant-garde Photographer Collective Surrealism and the Abstract in Wartime Japan
The Serial
TOKYO and ME vol.8 Massimo Vitali
Catch Up: Photography News from the World
People: Scene-Pioneering Figures: Simon Baker
Homma Takashi “Talking Photography” vol.10 Takahiro Ito
How They Are Made: Where New Photography is Born vol.14 Hannah Whitaker
Selected Articles
New Vision of Body in Fashion Photography
New Vision of Body in Fashion Photography
The “posturing” movement, mobilized primarily by the next generation of photographers, have challenged the standardization of aesthetics in fashion. Consequently, models are no longer expected to be mannequins and have become muses that speak to the philosophy of fashion. Through humorous and innovative physical movements, “Posturing” has opened the doors to a new chapter in fashion photography.
Design is a Magic!
Design is a Magic!
Contemporary photographers document diversifying societies from unique perspectives. The eight designers from six countries in this section work closely with photographers and use the magic of design to highlight the essential qualities of photographic works in print. This editorial explores the works of seekers who lead the design world and simultaneously extend the language of photobooks.
Avant-garde Photographer Collective Surrealism and the Abstract in Wartime Japan
Avant-garde Photographer Collective Surrealism and the Abstract in Wartime Japan
In the 1930s to the 1940s, numerous avant-garde photography collectives were established and spread nationally in Japan. Influenced by Surrealism, their activities are currently gaining critical attention in the West. A reconsideration of the trajectories of these regional collectives allows us to make new discoveries and draw multiple connections to the current period.
Contributors
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