Kishin Shinoyama: Photographer of iconic John Lennon-Yoko Ono photo dies

At the age of 83, Chinese artist Kishin Shinoyama, who captured one of Lennon, John and Yoko Ono’s final images, passed away.

In 1980, he spent five times with the few, and the support of their album Double Fantasy featured a picture of them kissing.

It was one of Lennon’s final images, taken weeks before his passing.

Eventually, Shinoyama admitted that he had suggested the pair kiss for the photo.

He remarked,” I believe it was their happiest minute.” ” I feel privileged to have captured the second, and I was fortunate to be there.”

Shinoyama was even renowned for his artistic depictions of women in photographs.

Since 2012, a solo exhibition of his labor has drawn more than 1 million customers.

Shinoyama, who was born in Tokyo in 1940, attended Nihon University College of Art to study images.

In 1968, after working for an marketing firm, he started working as a freelance photographer.

Shinoyama became well-known for his photographs of famous people, including one of writer Yukio Mishima that was taken just before the author committed suicide.

In an interview with Chinese author Ririko Amakasu in 2014, he stated that” Time continues to kill and pictures is a device to record those dying times.”

When his naked photos of Kanako Higuchi and Rie Miyazawa were released in 1991, they went viral and caused a cultural happening.

Shinoyama claimed that because he was skilled at “disappearing” while taking pictures, his models did n’t mind being around him.