Eikoh Hosoe

Eikoh Hosoe was born in 1933 in Japan. A photographer and filmmaker Hosoe emerged as an experimental Japanese artist of post-World War II Japan. He is known for his psychologically charged images, which explore death and erotic obsession. The artist has an esteemed reputation both at home and abroad. His works are numerous permanent collections, such as the National Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan; Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA; International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, USA; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France; Centre de Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia; Art Institute of Chicago, USA; Hamburg Museum of Art, Hamburg, Germany; and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan, among others.