Hosoe, Eikoh (1933)

In the nude genre, Eiko Hosoe dares to mingle bodies and genitals within dramatically composed black and white images that diffuse eroticism and violence at the same time, an atmosphere of brutal reality and yet, surrealist fantasy. What helped establish the photographer’s style was his discovery, in 1959, of the avant-garde choreographer, Tatsumi Hijikata’s butô dance: a chaotic and nude spectacle. Thus, both artists in their own way contributed to reveal a body in a country that had the tendency of hiding it.