Photographer: Kimiko Yoshida
Ninja March 31st, 2008
Bachelor Brides is a self-portrait series from Japanese photographer Kimiko Yoshida. The mysterious, often monochromatic, nuptial photos were shot with a Hasselblad camera with a 120 mm lens. Kimiko Yoshida drew inspiration for this series from her mother, who only met her husband for the fjrst time on their wedding day.
Bio
Kimiko Yoshida was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1963. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Faculty of Literature from the Chuo University in 1986. She later studied photography at the Tokyo College of Photography in Japan and the École nationale supérieure de la photographie in France. She currently lives and works out of Europe.
The Shinto Bride, 2002
The Pokemon Bride, 2002
The Double Bride, 2003
The Bamileke Bride, 2003
The Tamates Bride, Vanuatu, 2003
The Cyber Bride, 2003
The Sakura Bride, 2006
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