Hisaji Hara Explained

Hisaji Hara
Birth Date:	1964
Birth Place:	Tokyo
Nationality:	Japanese
Training:	Musashino Art University
Field:	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]}

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.

Exhibitions

• Picture, Photography and Beyond (September 3 – October 2, 2011)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hisaji Hara . Michael Hoppen Gallery . 8 Aug 2016 .
2. Web site: Hisaji Hara - Artists - Danziger Gallery . Danziger Gallery . 8 Aug 2016 .
3. Web site: Hisaji Hara . MEM . 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. . https://web.archive.org/web/20171008234226/http://mem-inc.jp/artists_e/hara_e/ . 8 October 2017 . dead .
4. Hara. Hisaji. lomography. Interview with Japanese Artist Hisaji Hara. 8 Aug 2016.