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Renowned fashion photographer Izima Kaoru collaborates with famous Japanese actresses to stage elaborate death scenes that remind us how variously the world’s cultures handle the subjects of beauty and death. This new monograph of Kaoru’s latest work poses the question, "Why canÕt a corpse be beautiful?" Kaoru’s narratives, which are generally suggested by the subject herself, present a heroine who is perfect in her demise. Clothed in Yohji Yamamoto or Jil Sander, the young beauty is captured from multiple viewpoints – each an elegant composition based on the figure in a landscape. Setting, cause of death and attire are key elements in Kaoru’s unconventional photographs. Izima Kaoru was born in Kyoto in 1954; he lives and works in Tokyo. He began his career as a fashion photographer and has contributed to numerous international magazines. He is the founder and editor in chief of the magazine zyappu. |
Goings on About Town, The New Yorker, April 6, 2009, p. 13.
Silberman, Lucy, Death Becomes Her, Interview Magazine online, January 28, illustration
Stappert, Elke, New York Culture Club: Izima Kaoru, New Work, Tout va Bien,
January—March 2009 (nr. 04-2008), p. 66, illustration
Grossenick, Uta, Photoart: Photography in the 21st Century, Aperture, 2007, p. 210-213, illustration.
Leon, Genevieve, Izima Kaoru, New York Magazine, March 2007, illustration.
Bazer, Gina, Penthouse Rocks, Chicago Social, March, p. 184-185, illustration.
Hanin, France, Izima Kaoru, Belles a mort, in DITS, 3, 5, winter-spring 2005, p.84-93
Zaleski, Erin, The Picture of Death, Newsweek, July 11, 2005
Femmes fatales, Esquire Magazine, May 2005
Edwards, Charlotte, Art Review, May 2005
Lack, Jessica, Izima Kaoru, I-D Magazine, Vol. II/IV, May 2005
Howgego, Charles, The Big Issue, Snapshot, April 25 – May 1, 2005
McNeill, David, Drop-dead gorgeous, The Japan Times, April 10, 2005
Lack, Jessica, Review: Izima Kaoru, Koike Eido wears Gianni Versace, Guardian Guide, April 23-29, 2005
Murphy, Siobhan, Metro Life, Photography, Metro, April 28, 2005
Murakami, Ryu, I Am A Novelist, The New Yorker, January 2005, p. 64
Glueck, Grace, New York Times pp 37, November 12, 2004
Shion, Miura, The Amazing & The Immutable “Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse” Asahi Shinbun, November 2004
Von Lintel Gallery: Izima Kaoru, Gallery Hopper, October 18, 2004
Zeitgenossische Japanese Fotografie, Kunstforum
MADAME, March, 2004
Fondation Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean Luxembourg; & Casino Luxembourg-Foum d’art contemporain: Luxembourg
(A project book for the film: Landscapes with a Corpse with Tarantula)
Photofile, Winter, 2004
Frankfurther Rundschau, December, 2004
Photofile Winter 2004
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Autumn, 2004
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Summer, 2004
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Spring, 2004
Evans, Caroline, The Death of Beautiful Women, Fashion at the Edge, Yale
University Press New Haven and London
Adbuster
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Autumn, 2003
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Summer, 2003
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Spring, 2003
Izima Kaoru 2000-1, f a projects, London
Townsend, Chris, Rapture: Art’s Seduction by Fashion, Thames and Hudson, 2002
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Winter 2002
Taichi, Matsumoto, The Hypnotic Interview 02 Izima Kaoru, Kohkoku, July & August
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Autumn, 2002
Camera Crazy, Elle, April, 2002
Chapman, Anna, Dead Fashionable, Sleazenation, March, 2002
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Spring, 2002
Restorff, Jörg, Stilsicherer Abgang, Kunstzeitung, February, 2002
Ayar, Afshan, ‘The Morning After…’, Tube Light, January/ February, 2002
Landscapes with a corpse 1999-2000, Verlag Robert Gessler
Instituut news, November, 2001
Gierstberg, Frits, SURFACE - Contemporary Photography and Video from Japan,
Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam
History of Modern Photos II, Nikon Nikkor Club
Boecker, Susanne, Gespräche Mit Künstlern: Izima Kaoru, Kunstforum
International, Bd. 157 November – December, 2001
Boecker, Susanne, Die Schönheit dient ihm als Faustpfand, Kölner Stadt – Anzeiger, January, 2001
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Winter, 2001
Griffin, Tim, Izima Kaoru Traffic Accident, Artext, no.74 August – October, 2001
Izima Kaoru – New Landscapes, Prinz/Cologne, January, 2001
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Autumn, 2001
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Summer, 2001
Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Prints 21, Spring, 2001
Wenn Schönheit und Grausamkeit für den Augenblick zusammentreffen, Ärzte Zeitung February 15, 2001
Izima Kaoru, The Village Voice, March 6, 2001
Schwendener Martha, Izima Kaoru, Landscapes with a Corpse, Time Out New York, March 1-8, 2001
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial Executive Committee, March, 2001
Siedenberg Sven, Der Tod und das Mädchen, SZ Extra Ausstellungen, April 25, 2001
Curto, Alessio, Izima Kaoru, Juliet Art Magazine, no.99 October – November 2000
Izima Kaoru, Syaberu Kamera, Prints 21, Winter 2000
Izima Kaoru, Zoo, Issue 6, August 2000
Izima Kaoru, Syaberu Kamera, Prints 21, Autumn 2000
D’abord la beauté, Art Actuel, no.8. May – June 2000
Gespräche Mit Künstlern: Izima Kaoru
History of Modern Photos II, Nikon Nikkor Club
Arkhipoff, Elisabeth, Célèbres mais morbides, Nova magazine, May 2000
Izima Kaoru, Syaberu Kamera, Prints 21, Summer 2000
Ono, Philbert, Eye-Ai Japanese Entertainment and Culture Straight from Tokyo, April 2000, p.19, Kunstforum International, April – June 2000
Böcken, Jörg, Der Tod steht ihr gut, Kultur Spiegel, April 2000
Horny, Tinga, Die Anziehungskraft des Exotischen, Kunstmarkt, February 26, 2000
Best, Cristina, Die ästhetisch – perfekten Todesfälle des Modefotografen Izima Kaoru, Ärzte Zeitung, February 14, 2000
Kunstmarkt, February 5, 2000
Gockel, Cornelia, Die Eleganz des Todes, Feuilleton, February 1, 2000
People – Abata mo Ekubo, Prints 21, Spring, 2000
Gliewe, Gert, Landschaft mit Leiche, Münchener Abendzeitung, January 2000
Portfolio - The Artist, the body and the clothes, Special Edition Beaux Arts
Magazine-what is fashion (today)? , 2000
Hors-Serie Art, Crash, 2000
Ist die Photographie am Ende? Aktuelle Photo- und Medienkunst, mdv Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2000
Ulmer, Sean M., Uncommon threads Contemporary Artists and Clothing, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Regener, Susanne, Verbrechen, Schönheit, Tod, Fotogeschichte no. 78, 2000
Izima Kaoru – Landscapes with a Corpse, essays by Roy Exley, Yuko Hasegawa,
and Peter Weierman, published by Hatje Kantz, hardcover
Izima Kaoru 2002-2004, Bijutsu Publisher
20 Landscapes with a corpse, Korinha Press & Co., Ltd.
New Beauty II - Colored Beauty, Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd
Hairmode, Bilutsu shuppan-sha LtdNew Beauty, Pipeline Books
Tamao, Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd
Color Photographs, Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd
Black and White Photographs, Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd
Color Photographs, Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd.