Photographer #080: Kimiko Yoshida

Kimiko Yoshida, Japan, 1963, has build an impressive body of work that consists of self-portraits. The oppression she felt in her homeland made her leave Japan. About her work and Japan she says the following: "Since I fled my homeland to escape the mortifying servitude and humiliating fate of Japanese women, I amplified, through my art, a feminist stance of protest against contemporary cliches of seduction, against voluntary servitude of women, against "identity" defined by appurtenances and "communities", against the stereotypes of "gender" and the determinism of heredity."
The following images come from the series Paintings Self-Portraits 2010, Blown Glass Symbols 2009 and Self-Portraits 2006-2009.

Website: www.kimiko.fr

Photographer #052: Ari Versluis

Dutch photographer Arie Versluis, 1961, has been working on a series called Exactitudes together with profiler Ellie Uyttenbroek, 1965, since 1994. They have worked mainly in Rotterdam, but also in various other places. Drawn by the theme of social groups and dress codes they photograph people in the similar poses. The people are chosen on the streets by how they look and what they wear. After 16 years an archive has been build. The photographs have been published in a book, that every few years is revised and reprinted.

Website: www.exactitudes.com

Photographer #022: Charles Freger

French photographer Charles Freger, 1975, is easy to be recognised by his style of photography. He works in series taking portraits, nearly categorising people, ranging from the men who clean the streets to cooks. These next images come from the series; Legionnaires, Hereros and Short School Haka.

Website: www.charlesfreger.com
(Video in French)