About the Book
Seiji Kurata’s Eros Lost is a posthumous photobook published by Zen Foto Gallery in 2020, created together with the artist shortly before his death. Known for his groundbreaking series Flash Up, Kurata here revisits his experimental nude photography from the 1980s, with many images previously unpublished. Staging his subjects in interior environments, Kurata juxtaposes the human body with furniture, machinery, and domestic settings, using elaborate lighting and scripted poses to transform intimacy into visual theater. With 79 black-and-white and color images across 208 pages, Eros Lost continues Kurata’s lifelong exploration of the photographic moment, questioning the permanence of desire, memory, and time.
Hardcover, 18.5 x
24.5
cm, 0.5 kg, 208 pages, English
ISBN: 9784905453918
About the Author
Seiji Kurata (1945–2020) was a Japanese photographer recognized for his radical documentation of Tokyo’s nightlife, subcultures, and urban margins. A graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts, Kurata studied photography at the Workshop under Shomei Tomatsu and others. His debut Flash Up (1980) won the Kimura Ihei Award and became an icon of Japanese street photography. Over four decades, Kurata published influential works such as Photo Cabaret, Great Asia, ’80s Family, Japan, and Quest for Eros. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at Fondation Cartier (Paris) and the Barbican Art Gallery (London).
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Publisher / Manufacturer:
Zen Foto Gallery
Country of origin:
Japan
Website:
https://zen-foto.jp
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