Hiromix

Hiromi Toshikawa (利川 裕美 , Toshikawa Hiromi , born 1976) , better known as Hiromix (ヒロミックス , Hiromikkusu), is a Japanese photographer and artist.

Hiromix won the 11th New Cosmos of Photography (写真新世紀 , Shashin Shin-seiki) award in March 1995. She was nominated by Nobuyoshi Araki for a series of photographs called Seventeen Girl Days. Her photographs depicted life from a teenager's perspective. She was also a judge for the Cosmos of Photography contest from 2011 to 2015.

In 1996, Hiromix published her first book Girls Blue. She became known in the West with her book Hiromix, edited by the French photography critic Patrick Remy and published by Steidl in 1998. In 2000, she was awarded the Kimura Ihei Award for her book Hiromix Works. She has published several other photography books that are concerned with identity, community, gender and the everyday.

As a former member of the Japanese band The Clovers, Hiromix also released a music album and continues[when? ] to work as a DJ. She briefly appeared in a TV commercial for an Yves Saint Laurent fragrance called Jazz. The German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans photographed her in 1997. She also has a cameo appearance in the 2003 film Lost in Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola.[10] She photographed for fashion brand Kenzo's pre-fall collection in 2016.[11]

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