Mayumi Hosokura: KAZAN

Photographer Mayumi Hosokura is known for her works which depict a delicate sensitivity for nature and a unique portrayal of the beauty and intimacy of young people. Powerful and dreamlike juxtapositions of the human form with natural and organic shapes and textures fill the pages of this, her first solo publication.

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Photographer Mayumi Hosokura is known for her works which depict a delicate sensitivity for nature and a unique portrayal of the beauty and intimacy of young people. Powerful and dreamlike juxtapositions of the human form with natural and organic shapes and textures fill the pages of this, her first solo publication.

 
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“Kazan is the first publication of Japanese photographer Mayumi Hosokura. In a magazine-like format, with embossed scribbling on the front, Kazan is Mayumi’s creation about placing the human form with nature’s textures, paired with scenes of rocks, trees, minerals. She quotes, “My relationship with nature has not changed and my idea of intimacy hasn’t either. We cannot fight nature. Nature is and will stay beautiful and scary at the same time”. Mayumi’s work creates an ideal world of visual sensitivity in contrast with a tender fusion of man and nature.” – Manik Katyal
 

Publisher Artbeat Publishers

ISBN 9784902080414

Idea Code 12301

64 p, ills colour, 22 x 29 cm, pb, No text

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