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by Miyako Ishiuchi (Photographer), Dragana Vujanovic (Editor), Louise Wolthers (Editor)
Japanese photographer Miyako Ishiuchi, one of the most respected and compelling photographers of her generation, is the thirty-fourth recipient of the prestigious Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. This publication celebrates her artistic achievements with a thorough presentation of the main themes in her work: remembrance, fabric, and the body.
The book includes works from Ishiuchi's major series 1947, Scars, Mother's, Hiroshima, Silken Dreams, and Frida by Ishiuchi. Two new essays by Christopher Phillips and Lena Fritsch offer in-depth analysis of her art.
Author Biography
Miyako Ishiuchi (born 1947), is a renowned Japanese photographer.She was one of a renowned group of Japanese photographers, including Shomei Tomatsu and Daido Moriyama who confronted the trauma of post - war Japan and the dawning of a new era by using their cameras as tools to express, record and explore what it meant to be Japanese at this pivotal moment in history. 2005 she reperesented Japan at the Venice Biennial. For her outstanding work of 35 years, Ishiuchi was presented with the 2014 Hasselblad Award.
Dragana Vujanovic is Photography Curator at The Hasselblad Foundation in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Louise Wolthers, Ph.D. in Art History, is researcher in photographic art, history and theory at The Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg
