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Fantasy-like portraits of women and nudes. Sophisticated, composited images made by hand, without any computer. | Fantasy-like portraits of women and nudes. Sophisticated, composited images made by hand, without any computer. | ||
Major themes | Major themes: | ||
Women, nudes | Women, nudes | ||
Education | Education: | ||
Osaka Shashin Senmon Gakko (present Osaka Designer's Gakuin), Osaka;graduated 1974. | Osaka Shashin Senmon Gakko (present Osaka Designer's Gakuin), Osaka;graduated 1974. | ||
Career | Career: | ||
Established Studio No・ah in 1979. Numerous solo exhibitions since 1991. | Established Studio No・ah in 1979. Numerous solo exhibitions since 1991. | ||
== Abyss == | |||
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Reviewed on: 2002-05-24 | |||
Last modified: 2005-04-05 | |||
Fantastic nude images created with the computer (not!). | |||
すごい時間かかったそうなデジタルヌード写真（じゃないや！）。モデルさんは皆外国人。 | |||
Biography in Japanese | Published: 2000-03-15 | ||
Publisher: Kawade Shobo Shinsha | |||
ISBN: 4309903800 | |||
Price in Japan: ¥3,570 | |||
Qualities: Hard cover, color photos | |||
Size: A4, 80 pp. | |||
Language: English (bio only) | |||
Oops, after all these years, I thought that he used a computer and Photoshop to create these incredible images. But no, he makes these images by hand. No digital, no computer, and no Photoshop. It makes his work even more mind-boggling. Below is my original and mistaken book review: | |||
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This is one of the few Japanese photo books featuring digital photography as fine art. You would think there would be more people doing this kind of thing in Japan, but no. It seems that image editing with a computer is more popular for commercial purposes instead of fine art. | |||
The artist photographed nude models in a photo studio, and then fused or juxtapositioned a myriad of things on the woman's body such as giant butterfly wings on her back, tree roots on her head, a unicorn horn on her forehead, and a fish tail replacing her legs (not like a mermaid). Sometimes it's hard to tell what was actually photographed with the model and what was added later with a computer. | |||
All the models are non-Japanese, and all the pictures are nice to look at. I wonder how long it took him to create these fantastic images. Since Abyss was originally published in 1993 (this book is a reprint), computers then were much less powerful and much slower than today's PCs. He must have had many coffee breaks during the times he had to wait for Photoshop to finish a task or save an image. He has done similar digital images for Makiko Esumi in E-Mode. (Reviewed by Philbert Ono) | |||
== E-MODE == | |||
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Reviewed on: Nov. 18, 1999 | |||
Last modified: 2005-04-05 | |||
Another artistic nude photo book of actress Makiko Esumi. | |||
Published: Nov. 25, 1999 More info | |||
Publisher: Little More Co. More info | |||
ISBN: 4898150128 More info | |||
Price in Japan: ¥2,625 More info | |||
Qualities: Soft cover, color photos More info | |||
Size: A4, 104 pp. More info | |||
Language: Japanese and English | |||
This is her second nude photo book and a terrific follow-up to her first one (see review above). She's got class, and an eye for art. This is a fine-art nude photo book, not one of those idol-type nudes nor sensational-type nudes. | |||
Her first nude book had a horizontal format, but this book is totally vertical. She's getting really botanical with a lot of roots, flora, vines, and leaves interwined with her body. Sometimes it looks like she's transforming into a tree. Being a former fashion model, she's very good at posing for the camera. The photos have a dreamy look to them, with greenish-yellow tones. They also look like fantasy, with huge angelic wings sprouting from her back or a unicorn horn coming out of her head. There seems to be a lot of digital editing and enhancements in the photos, but the photographer does not use a computer. It's all hand-made images. | |||
This is no doubt one of the finest nude photo books in recent years. | |||
==Biography in Japanese== | |||
１９５４ ２月１３日 島根県生 | １９５４ ２月１３日 島根県生 | ||
Revision as of 15:24, 23 January 2016
(1954- ) Shimane.
Fantasy-like portraits of women and nudes. Sophisticated, composited images made by hand, without any computer.
Major themes: Women, nudes
Education: Osaka Shashin Senmon Gakko (present Osaka Designer's Gakuin), Osaka;graduated 1974.
Career: Established Studio No・ah in 1979. Numerous solo exhibitions since 1991.
Abyss
Reviewed on: 2002-05-24
Last modified: 2005-04-05
Fantastic nude images created with the computer (not!).
すごい時間かかったそうなデジタルヌード写真（じゃないや！）。モデルさんは皆外国人。
Published: 2000-03-15 Publisher: Kawade Shobo Shinsha ISBN: 4309903800 Price in Japan: ¥3,570 Qualities: Hard cover, color photos Size: A4, 80 pp. Language: English (bio only)
Oops, after all these years, I thought that he used a computer and Photoshop to create these incredible images. But no, he makes these images by hand. No digital, no computer, and no Photoshop. It makes his work even more mind-boggling. Below is my original and mistaken book review: --- This is one of the few Japanese photo books featuring digital photography as fine art. You would think there would be more people doing this kind of thing in Japan, but no. It seems that image editing with a computer is more popular for commercial purposes instead of fine art.
The artist photographed nude models in a photo studio, and then fused or juxtapositioned a myriad of things on the woman's body such as giant butterfly wings on her back, tree roots on her head, a unicorn horn on her forehead, and a fish tail replacing her legs (not like a mermaid). Sometimes it's hard to tell what was actually photographed with the model and what was added later with a computer.
All the models are non-Japanese, and all the pictures are nice to look at. I wonder how long it took him to create these fantastic images. Since Abyss was originally published in 1993 (this book is a reprint), computers then were much less powerful and much slower than today's PCs. He must have had many coffee breaks during the times he had to wait for Photoshop to finish a task or save an image. He has done similar digital images for Makiko Esumi in E-Mode. (Reviewed by Philbert Ono)
E-MODE
Reviewed on: Nov. 18, 1999
Last modified: 2005-04-05
Another artistic nude photo book of actress Makiko Esumi.
Published: Nov. 25, 1999 More info Publisher: Little More Co. More info ISBN: 4898150128 More info Price in Japan: ¥2,625 More info Qualities: Soft cover, color photos More info Size: A4, 104 pp. More info Language: Japanese and English
This is her second nude photo book and a terrific follow-up to her first one (see review above). She's got class, and an eye for art. This is a fine-art nude photo book, not one of those idol-type nudes nor sensational-type nudes.
Her first nude book had a horizontal format, but this book is totally vertical. She's getting really botanical with a lot of roots, flora, vines, and leaves interwined with her body. Sometimes it looks like she's transforming into a tree. Being a former fashion model, she's very good at posing for the camera. The photos have a dreamy look to them, with greenish-yellow tones. They also look like fantasy, with huge angelic wings sprouting from her back or a unicorn horn coming out of her head. There seems to be a lot of digital editing and enhancements in the photos, but the photographer does not use a computer. It's all hand-made images.
This is no doubt one of the finest nude photo books in recent years.
Biography in Japanese
１９５４ ２月１３日 島根県生
１９７４ 大阪写真専門学校卒
１９７９ Studio No・ah 設立
１９９１ 個展─EXHIBITION／大阪
１９９２
個展─IMPRESSION and EXPRESSION
コダックフォトサロン（東京）
ソニーサロン（大阪）
１９９３ 写真集「ABYSS」出版 個展─ABYSS OF TIME／アセンスギャラリー（大阪） GOOD ART展 出展／京都市美術館
１９９５ LUNA SEA写真集「ZOE」出版 写真集「EUREKA」出版 DanseMacabre展 出展／San Anton musuem（米）
１９９７ 写真集「CHAOS」出版 個展─CHAOS／堀内フォトサロン（大阪・名古屋）
１９９８ 個展─Foto-en diasalon／ベルギー
１９９９ 江角マキコ写真集「E-MODE」出版
２０００ 写真集「ABYSS」改訂新版 出版
１９９９〜２０００ 個展─E-MODE／パルコ（東京・名古屋・札幌・大阪）
２００３ 個展─野波浩自掴展／art space K（大阪） 他 個展数回
２００４ 個展—MOUSA出版記念個展／art space K（大阪）
２００５ 個展—MOUSA出版記念個展／アセンスギャラリー（大阪）
２００５ 新作写真集MOUSA出版
現在／いのうえ歌舞伎（劇団☆新感線）、
宝塚歌劇団等の宣伝美術を手掛ける など、多方面で活躍中
( http://www.nonami-mousa.com/ より）