Eikoh hosoe biography for kids

1. Biography of Eikoh Hosoe
2. Early Career and Style
3. First Exhibition and Collaboration with Yukio Mishima
4. The 'Kamaitachi' Project and International Recognition
5. Legacy and Museum Career

Biography of Eikoh Hosoe

Eikoh Hosoe, a Japanese photographer, was born in 1933 in the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata prefecture.

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In the early 1950s, he was already studying at the Tokyo College of Photography during a challenging period for many progressive Japanese individuals. It was during this time that Hosoe changed his birth name (Toshihiro) to 'Eikoh' as a symbol of a new era in his country's history, which was beginning to embrace Western culture.

Early Career and Style

Hosoe began taking photographs in school and even won a couple of youth competitions.

He initially worked in a documentary style and later started experimenting with staged, highly emotional photographs. Throughout his ca