Nude photographer Kishin Shinoyama exhibition takes over Hara Museum of Art
He may well be an old man now but Kishin Shinoyama still likes to photograph nude bodies, and generate headlines for doing so.
The king of the hair nude recently shot a hair nude photo book with Haruna Yabuki (photos are starting to appear online — we’ll have a post on this soon).
His publications have been bestsellers and he also has mainstream recognition from the art world, too.
His new photography exhibition, “La Maison de rendez-vous”, is at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art from September 3 to January 9. That’s over 100 days of nude photography, folks.
It features around 60 examples of his work, including 30 new nudes shot at the museum and making use of the venue’s unique architecture and other permanent art installations by Yoshitomo Nara, Tatsuo Miyajima, and others.
Unfortunately, we don’t know who all the models are but come September, we will be turning up to the museum to find out! We do know that Mitsu Dan is one of them — when would she turn down the opportunity to take her clothes off? — as well as Shinoyama’s latest muse Haruna Yabuki and even male wrestler Kazuchika Okada.
The jumping girl, at least, reminds us of the incredible nude shot by former Olympic gymnast Risa Izumi. We wonder if it’s her?
