Shoichi Aoki
Shoichi Aoki (青木 正一, Aoki Shōichi, born 1955) is a former computer programmer, now Japanese photographer, and creator of the magazines STREET, TUNE, and FRUiTS. He also subsequently created the Fruits and Fresh Fruits (collections of Japanese street fashion) photo books as a way of offering his photos to the foreign market.
Life and work
Aoki was born in
DIY approach to dressing.[2]
In 1997, Aoki founded the monthly magazine FRUiTS, now a cult fanzine with an international following,[3] to record and celebrate the freshness of fashion in Harajuku.[3]
Publications
Magazines
- STREET (began in 1985)
- FRUiTS. (began in 1997)
- TUNE (began in 2004)
- .RUBY (began in 2012)
Books
- Fruits. Phaidon, 2001. ISBN 978-0-7148-4083-3.
- Fresh Fruits. Phaidon, 2005. ISBN 978-0-7148-4510-4.
- Street London 1985-1996. 2017.[4]
References
- ^ "Shoichi Aoki". Open Space. Fashionjp. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Fruits: future-pop fashion". Dazed. 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
- ^ a b "FRUiTS: Tokyo street style - photographs by Shoichi Aoki". Powerhouse museum. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ Petty, Felix (16 February 2017). "legendary street style photographer shoichi aoki releases new book". i-D. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
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