[/floatl]Well-known photographer Kishin Shinoyama is in trouble with the law over a recent collection which shows nude models in public spaces such as in parks, cemeteries and on the street (you can see one example, obviously NSFW, here). Police have raided his office and home while also interviewing the man himself. A good deal of Shinoyama's work is nude photography as a Google image search will quickly demonstrate. He took the pictures for Rie Miyazawa's famous photo collection "Santa Fe" which featured a full nude picture at a time when police had only begun to relax laws on nude photography. The book became a major talking point, selling 1.5 million copies and sparking a trend for nude collections by other actresses and models. The current problematic work, however is "NO NUDE by KISHIN 1 200XX TOKYO" which was released and exhibited in January. He took the photos last summer in locations including Odaiba, Akasaka and Aoyama. Around half of them in the sixty page collection were taken outside and at night and one of them was used for the exhibition poster. A Yomiuri report (Japanese) says police received several calls at the time from from people who saw the photography taking place but there's no indication of whether they responded. The report describes one picture, taken in Aoyama Cemetery, where the model is shown posing on a tombstone. Local officials are quoted saying they gave no permission for the cemetery to be used for any such purpose. Similarly, JR East say they did not give permission for the photograph taken near a stretch of the Yamanote line between Meguro and Ebisu stations. Neither Asahi Publishing nor Shinoyama's office have so far made any comment.
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by Mulboyne » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:07 pm
[floatl][/floatl]Well-known photographer Kishin Shinoyama is in trouble with the law over a recent collection which shows nude models in public spaces such as in parks, cemeteries and on the street (you can see one example, obviously NSFW, here). Police have raided his office and home while also interviewing the man himself. A good deal of Shinoyama's work is nude photography as a Google image search will quickly demonstrate. He took the pictures for Rie Miyazawa's famous photo collection "Santa Fe" which featured a full nude picture at a time when police had only begun to relax laws on nude photography. The book became a major talking point, selling 1.5 million copies and sparking a trend for nude collections by other actresses and models. The current problematic work, however is "NO NUDE by KISHIN 1 200XX TOKYO" which was released and exhibited in January. He took the photos last summer in locations including Odaiba, Akasaka and Aoyama. Around half of them in the sixty page collection were taken outside and at night and one of them was used for the exhibition poster. A Yomiuri report (Japanese) says police received several calls at the time from from people who saw the photography taking place but there's no indication of whether they responded. The report describes one picture, taken in Aoyama Cemetery, where the model is shown posing on a tombstone. Local officials are quoted saying they gave no permission for the cemetery to be used for any such purpose. Similarly, JR East say they did not give permission for the photograph taken near a stretch of the Yamanote line between Meguro and Ebisu stations. Neither Asahi Publishing nor Shinoyama's office have so far made any comment.
[/floatl]Well-known photographer Kishin Shinoyama is in trouble with the law over a recent collection which shows nude models in public spaces such as in parks, cemeteries and on the street (you can see one example, obviously NSFW, here). Police have raided his office and home while also interviewing the man himself. A good deal of Shinoyama's work is nude photography as a Google image search will quickly demonstrate. He took the pictures for Rie Miyazawa's famous photo collection "Santa Fe" which featured a full nude picture at a time when police had only begun to relax laws on nude photography. The book became a major talking point, selling 1.5 million copies and sparking a trend for nude collections by other actresses and models. The current problematic work, however is "NO NUDE by KISHIN 1 200XX TOKYO" which was released and exhibited in January. He took the photos last summer in locations including Odaiba, Akasaka and Aoyama. Around half of them in the sixty page collection were taken outside and at night and one of them was used for the exhibition poster. A Yomiuri report (Japanese) says police received several calls at the time from from people who saw the photography taking place but there's no indication of whether they responded. The report describes one picture, taken in Aoyama Cemetery, where the model is shown posing on a tombstone. Local officials are quoted saying they gave no permission for the cemetery to be used for any such purpose. Similarly, JR East say they did not give permission for the photograph taken near a stretch of the Yamanote line between Meguro and Ebisu stations. Neither Asahi Publishing nor Shinoyama's office have so far made any comment.-
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by Coligny » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:41 pm
Train arriving on time and ridiculous censorship (to keep the busybody... busy... spying on their neighbourg). No doubt... your average banana dictatorship...
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by Mulboyne » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:59 pm
I've used a number of Kishin's photographs here on FG (apparently never crediting the source since a search for his name only turns up a story posted by Taro). As far as overseas audiences go, his most famous photo is probably the one featuring John Lennon & Yoko Ono on the front of "Double Fantasy"
It's slightly odd that the police would wait so long to take any action if they thought there was a case to make for public indecency. Kishin is pretty well-known and the exhibition poster also doubled as the cover for the January edition of photography magazine "Asahi Camera" (NSFW).
It's slightly odd that the police would wait so long to take any action if they thought there was a case to make for public indecency. Kishin is pretty well-known and the exhibition poster also doubled as the cover for the January edition of photography magazine "Asahi Camera" (NSFW).
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by Screwed-down Hairdo » Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:24 pm
This is sheer, #^%$* hypocrisy.
Why is the guy allowed to do this sort of thing for years and then suddenly arrested? It's such typically hypocritical Japanese behavior.
And if they arrest Shinoyama, why are no other arrests made for the exhibitionist market that is so huge in this country (bar the couple of birds that posed nude in front of Miyazaki City Hall), as a simple Google Images search shows. (Link definitely NSFW)
Why is the guy allowed to do this sort of thing for years and then suddenly arrested? It's such typically hypocritical Japanese behavior.
And if they arrest Shinoyama, why are no other arrests made for the exhibitionist market that is so huge in this country (bar the couple of birds that posed nude in front of Miyazaki City Hall), as a simple Google Images search shows. (Link definitely NSFW)
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by Mike Oxlong » Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:05 pm
You fuckers are gonna bankrupt me!
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by Screwed-down Hairdo » Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:27 pm
Mike Oxlong wrote:You fuckers are gonna bankrupt me!
vBulletin Message wrote:You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Mike Oxlong again.
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by Mulboyne » Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:45 pm
Just after the 30 second mark, this TV report shows the Aoyama cemetery shot (with Roppongi Hills in the background) and the Yamanote Line shot. The models are blurred but you can clearly see in the that they are actually right by the tracks for the Yamanote set-up.
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by Greji » Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:29 pm
Coligny wrote:Fracking beginner... I'm using this since my highschool days:
Wow! What great ideas you guys come up with. And to think, all this time I've been using a hammer and wood chisel on my work station....
"There are those that learn by reading. Then a few who learn by observation. The rest have to piss on an electric fence and find out for themselves!"- Will Rogers
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by Mike Oxlong » Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:49 pm
Coligny wrote:Fracking beginner... I'm using this since my highschool days:
Don't you need a mechanic's ticket to buy one of those?:wink:
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by Samurai_Jerk » Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:54 pm
Mulboyne wrote:It's slightly odd that the police would wait so long to take any action if they thought there was a case to make for public indecency. Kishin is pretty well-known and the exhibition poster also doubled as the cover for the January edition of photography magazine "Asahi Camera" (NSFW).
My guess is that someone working for JR or the Aoyama Cemetary just recently saw a photo and decided to get a bug up his or her butt about it and called the police.
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -- Mark Twain
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by Mulboyne » Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:19 pm
Samurai_Jerk wrote:My guess is that someone working for JR or the Aoyama Cemetary just recently saw a photo and decided to get a bug up his or her butt about it and called the police.
It looks that way. Especially since officials from both have been instantly on hand to comment.
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by Coligny » Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:32 am
Greji wrote:Wow! What great ideas you guys come up with. And to think, all this time I've been using a hammer and wood chisel on my work station....
Man... how much WPM with this ?
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by Mike Oxlong » Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:30 pm
kusai Jijii wrote:I'd hit it. whats the issue?
Are you kidding?! She's no "winter"!If anything, she's a "summer"...
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by Screwed-down Hairdo » Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:32 pm
Mike Oxlong wrote:Are you kidding?! She's no "winter"!If anything, she's a "summer"...
I'd have her for every one of Japan's four seasons....
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by American Oyaji » Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:53 pm
Samurai_Jerk wrote:I just heard from my girlfriend that Hara's an AV joyu (NSFW).
What a waste of a pretty face...
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by Catoneinutica » Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:57 pm
"If there's a river, we'll dam it, and if there's a tree, we'll ram it - 'cause we Japanese are talkin' progress!"
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by Catoneinutica » Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:01 pm
We were in Ueno Park a while back and there were a couple of photographers with a girl getting dressed/undressed in some kind of collapsible fabric tube. I ambled over to have a look-see down the tube but one of the guys said "No!" "You guys shooting a porno?" I asked. "No porno," they said. But they probably were.
"If there's a river, we'll dam it, and if there's a tree, we'll ram it - 'cause we Japanese are talkin' progress!"
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by Screwed-down Hairdo » Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:12 pm
American Oyaji wrote:What a waste of a pretty face...
Oh, she has a face?
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by Samurai_Jerk » Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:35 pm
American Oyaji wrote:What a waste of a pretty face...
Yeah, but at least she's putting her vagina to good use.
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -- Mark Twain
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by Greji » Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:40 pm
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:Oh, she has a face?
Don't fall for AO's patented "Oh, the poor girl line." He'd breechload her in a flash if she said so much as "Hello" to him.
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by Screwed-down Hairdo » Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:50 pm
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Yeah, but at least she's putting her vagina to good use.
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by Catoneinutica » Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:28 pm
Greji wrote:Don't fall for AO's patented "Oh, the poor girl line." He'd breechload her in a flash if she said so much as "Hello" to him.
Because, deep down, AO knows the truth of the Wisdom of the Ancients: It's not the face you f*ck, it's the f*ck you face.
"If there's a river, we'll dam it, and if there's a tree, we'll ram it - 'cause we Japanese are talkin' progress!"
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by Mulboyne » Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:02 pm
He's now admitted the charges, saying that he thought he had been careful not to be seen by the public when he was taking the pictures. The papers say that he the prosecutor is set to bring a formal case.
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