Ishiuchi Miyako (Photofile)

By Amanda Maddox

Ishiuchi Miyako (b. 1947) is one of Japan's most celebrated photographers, known for her evocative explorations of memory, the body, history, and the passage of time. A female pioneer in a male-dominated field, Miyako first gained recognition in the 1970s with photographs of her hometown Yokosuka. Her series Apartment and Endless Night established her within Japan's avant-garde photography scene, while 1.9.4.7 (1988-1989) challenged conventional ideals of female beauty through photographs of the hands and feet of women born the same year as herself. In Mother's (2000-2005), she turned to her mother's aging body, while her acclaimed Frida by Ishiuchi Miyako (2013) similarly explores traces of Frida Kahlo's life through her clothing, braces, and medical equipment.

This book in the Photofile series brings together some sixty of her key works, from her early grainy, monochrome photographs of postwar Japan to her intimate studies of women aging, family history, and subcultures.

Photofile brings together the best work of the world's greatest photographers in an attractive, accessible, pocket-sized format. Handsome and collectible, the books are printed to the highest standards. Each one contains over sixty full-page reproductions printed in superb duotone, together with a critical introduction, and a full bibliography. The series was awarded the first annual prize for distinguished photographic books by the International Center of Photography.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500411360
• ISBN13: 9780500411360
• Release Date: May 2027
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 144 Pages