Japanese photographer Kimiko Yoshida
Japanese photographer Kimiko Yoshida creates self-portraits that transports you through a different time. With each character, and with every costume, she transposes the significance. Kimiko, the woman in her own portraits, blends in with the background, merely being the supporting element, make-up is used to make her disappear rather than stand out. With each character, and with every costume, there is no digital editing of images, only make up and direct shooting. Using the same lighting, setting and framing, and always using herself as the person behind each portrait, Kimiko's draws the focus away from the subject and onto the act of self-transformation. Kimiko's preparation for each photograph is a transition, a timeless space of infinite layers, a metamorphosis journey into nothingness, where the search of identity does not exist. ππππππΎπππ ππππΆ