''Santa Fe'' is a Japanese
nude
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The loss of body hair was one of the physical characteristics that marked the biological evolution of modern humans from their hominin ancestors. Adaptations related to h ...
photo book published in 1991. It was modelled by
Rie Miyazawa
is a Japanese actress and former teen idol. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards
Miyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposure ...
and photographed by
Kishin Shinoyama
is a Japanese photographer. He is well-known for photographing the covers for John Lennon and Yoko Ono's albums, Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey. Before his marriage to Saori Minami in 1979, he took majority of the photographs for her album co ...
. It was published with one image showing pubic hair without any kind of
mosaic
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. It sold 1.5 million copies. Taken early in Miyazawa's career, it stunned Japanese society because the authorities had just begun to permit the publication of such kinds of "hair-nude" photographs.
The book was named after
Santa Fe,
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
, where her photos were taken. Santa Fe, New Mexico's historic
state capital
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, is also known as a city of
arts
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.
After Miyazawa and ''Santa Fe'', many Japanese women celebrities followed her in releasing "hair-nude" photo books.
Further reading
* Allison, Anne. ''Permitted and Prohibited Desires: Mothers, Comics, and Censorship in Japan''. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2000, pages 147–149. .
* Schilling, Mark. ''The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture''. s.v. "Miyazawa, Rie", pages 146–151. New York: Weatherhill, 1997. .
* Shinoyama Kishin. ''Santa Fe.'' Tokyo: Asahi Shuppansha, 1991. .
External links
PhotoGuide Japan's review of ''Santa Fe''
Books of nude photography
Photography in Japan
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