Kiyooka Sumiko Photo

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Sumiko Kiyooka (1928–2012) is a significant, though historically under-recognized, figure in post-war Japanese photography. Unlike her more famous contemporaries (such as Shōmei Tōmatsu or Daidō Moriyama), Kiyooka’s work is not rooted in the gritty, high-contrast are-bure-boke (grainy, blurry, out-of-focus) style. Instead, she developed a visual language. She was also the wife of celebrated poet and critic Shūzō Takiguchi, whose surrealist circle deeply influenced her art. kiyooka sumiko photo