Izima Kaoru: Fashion

Izima Kaoru was born in Kyoto in 1954. He has been active in photography, video and cinema since the late 1970s. In 1980 he participated in the establishment of Sale, a free paper; in 1983 he co-founded Tra, a cassette magazine. He acted as editor in chief of the progressive fashion magazine zyappu, which he founded in 1994.

Izima is internationally renowned as a fashion photographer and had his American gallery debut at Von Lintel in 2001. He has exhibited in museums and galleries in Japan, Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands. A monograph entitled Landscapes with a Corpse, 1999-2000 (Verlag Robert Gessler) was published in 2001. Izima lives and works in Tokyo.



Karena Lam wears Jean Paul Gaultier, 2007


Karena Lam wears Jean Paul Gaultier, 2007


Karena Lam wears Jean Paul Gaultier, 2007


Karena Lam wears Jean Paul Gaultier, 2007




Igawa Haruka wears Dolce Gabbana, 2003


Igawa Haruka wears Dolce Gabbana, 2003


Igawa Haruka wears Dolce Gabbana, 2003


Igawa Haruka wears Dolce Gabbana, 2003


Igawa Haruka wears Dolce Gabbana, 2003

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