Yurie Nagashima – Self-Portraits Hassala and iconic images in contemporary

and iconic images in contemporary photography

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Matt Leines has produced a steady flow of fine art to delight and confound viewers – drawings and paintings rich in colour and detail – exploring the kaleidoscope of memory and outer zones of imagination

Yurie Nagashima – Self-Portraits Hassala and iconic images in contemporarySelf Portraits by Yurie Nagashima published by Dashwood Books charts the life of this major Japanese figure over a period of 24 years from 1992 2016 from brazen young artist to a tender portrayal of pregnancy and motherhood. As Marigold Warner writes in her interview with Nagashima for the British Journal of Photography, 'Reductively labelled a girl photographer in the 90s, Nagashima is now a leading voice in feminist photographic discourse. The