Publisher/Self-Published（私家版）

Google翻訳
"Kurigami 88" is a collection of works by Kazumi Kurigami (1936-), one of Japan's leading photographers. Born in Furano, Hokkaido, Kurigami became independent in 1965 and has since been active in a wide range of fields including advertising, fashion, and magazines, leading the Japanese photography world. He has photographed famous artists and cultural figures both in Japan and abroad, such as Keith Richards, Robert Frank, William Burroughs, Dennis Hopper, and Shintaro Katsu, and is known for his portraits that possess a tension and presence that delves into the inner world of his subjects. This book is a privately published photo collection created to celebrate Kurigami's 88th birthday in 2024. Particularly striking is a photograph of Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons. Kawakubo had requested that her face not be shown, but when Kurigami photographed her from an angle that showed only a small portion of her profile, she liked it so much that she said she would use it as her funeral portrait. The trusting relationship between the two, which has continued since Kawakubo's days as a stylist before she became a designer, is also interesting and highlights the intimacy and tension that permeates the photograph. The bold cover, which superimposes the photographer's own back onto an X-ray image, is symbolic, making this a precious book that encapsulates more than half a century of creative activity and the photographer's aesthetic sensibilities.