Hisaji Hara

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Hisaji Hara
Born1964
NationalityJapanese
Education Musashino Art University
Known for Photography
Movement Contemporary art

Hisaji Hara is a Japanese photographer.

Biography

Hisaji Hara was born in Tokyo in 1964 and graduated from Musashino Art University in 1986. He emigrated to the United States in 1993, working as a film director. He returned to Japan in 2001. [1] [2]

Contents

Influences

Hara has explicitly named Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky as a prominent influence in his work. [3]

Technique

Hara primarily works with purposefully aged black-and-white photographs; in order to create photos that "enjoy the diversity of time." [4] Hara is primarily known for his series of photographic Balthus studies.

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References

  1. "Hisaji Hara". Michael Hoppen Gallery. Retrieved 8 Aug 2016.
  2. "Hisaji Hara - Artists - Danziger Gallery". Danziger Gallery. Retrieved 8 Aug 2016.
  3. "Hisaji Hara". MEM. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 Aug 2016. It’s not really photographers whom I admire, but the incredibly accomplished Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. It seems to me that he was a director who created his own cinematic devices, rather than rely on the cinematic devices shared by most 20th century works. That’s why his work never seems to grow old.
  4. Hara, Hisaji. "Interview with Japanese Artist Hisaji Hara" (Interview). Interviewed by lomography. Retrieved 8 Aug 2016.