Looking at Kansuke Yamamoto’s photographs, it’s easy to overlook the fact that in creating these surreal images, he was risking imprisonment. In the mid-1950s, Japan was not a place that fostered creative expression – rather it cracked down on any artist who attempted to subvert the establishment and the government-sanctioned way of thinking. As a result, he went the DIY route in publishing his work, by starting a photography magazine centred on pictorial works, entitled Dokuritsu (“Independent”), where his images were first introduced to the world. While upon first glance I didn’t feel overly challenged by his work, after spending some time with it I find it highly creepy and unsettling. The weird shapes and lines are jarring and beautiful at the same time. Below enjoy some of Kansuke Yamamoto’s disruptive works…
Via Dangerous Minds
