JIGOKU is a collaboration oetween Tokyo-based photographer Solène Ballesta, Kana Kitty (Butoh dancer) and Sakura Monma (fashion designer and plastician.)
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GATA sits down with the queen of fetish, lady boss and performer Kat Toronto, a.k.a. MISS MEATFACE to talk about this fascinating world, her life and her love for BDSM. What is the truth behind this seductive and plastic world?
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Crafted from oblivion, Paris-based, Japanese artist Aoi Kotsuhiroi defines herself as an ‘emotional pornographer’.
Beyond fashion designer, photographer, poet, or sculptor, Kotsuhiroi is a puzzling entity who hunts within herself to craft pieces full of emotions and beauty.
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For some, the struggle can act as a hindrance to finding one's true calling in life, however for Mondher Mejri, growing up in the underprivileged area of a country amidst a political revolt served as a catalyst for his work.
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FIVE: an editorial by Eva Losada, a study on the so required passage to the 5th dimension and the struggles we are immersed in due to the society we live in.
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Seiji Kurata is undoubtedly one of the most well known and prestigious photographers in Japan.
At a young age, he embarked on his journey into the deep world of photography.
With his hand on the shutter, Seiji paced the streets of Tokyo, leaving us legendary portraits of the old streets of the neon city.
Death, love and the subconscious are themes that fuel LA-based visual artist Yulia Shur. Not content with taking traditional images through photography, she has used her camera to embark on a journey of self-discovery and experimentation. Channelling the plethora of images within her mind, she has drawn influences from a range of Asian culture and ideas of future technology and body modification.
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For Australian-based photographer and artist Sly Morikawa, photography is more than just a passion or hobby, it is a reason for being. Known for her dreamy and sensual images, she has spent the past few years building up an impressive body of work, depicting intimacy between subject and artist, while promoting the strength of each individual’s unique expression.
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The GATA team proudly presents another editorial from our Tokyo team, collaborating with some of the most promising creatives that the city has to offer.
For the brand Dressesundressed, we took a deep dive into overtime work, questionable coffee breaks and skilful scanning sessions, asking what it means to be a salaryman with style.
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Born in a conservative city like Mexico, where the Catholic religion was mandatory, and art, a hobby for women, the photographer Diego Moreno has learnt how to develop his artistic skills and photography beyond any obstacle and prejudice.
Monsters and demons are recurrent in his work, and it is because Diego tries to dig deeper into the human condition through his imagery experimenting and exploring technics that flows between reality and fantasy, showing that demons live among us.
We caught up with the Austrian-based photographer to talk about his creative journey and the meaning behind his art.
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MyTribe is a project born from the need to capture the characterization and use of prosthetic makeup as a concept of union.
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The blurred rhapsody of Virgin Shen, an Asian Lover through the lonesome and gloomy streets of Tokyo.
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With a unique and visionary style herself, the photographer has mastered the skill to decipher fashion and create colourful compositions, unique moments that go beyond the object, reach the spirit and at the same time, reveal her inner world.
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This story is starred by:
"The bandits of love"—two villains who are dedicated to meddling in impossible love stories.
Taking advantage of the vulnerability of their victims,
with one mission: to seduce them.
The photo series MANIA is about the states of mania that we, as artists, often engage especially during emotionally turbulent times.
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Describing Butoh is a hard task. Not because there is lack of information on it, but because there is no conscious thinking in it, it’s more than a technical form or art, it transcends the human dimension, it's the dance of the unconscious.
It's just soul, spirit.
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Fashion and music have long been partners in crime. Influencing and informing one another to the point where it isn’t clear where the genesis point is. The Madrid-Tokyo based brand Shoop understand this connection very well, fusing elements from 90s hip hop with 2000s music videos and creating a look that is both fresh and exciting while simultaneously inciting a reverence and respect for the past.
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Veiled Love is a series of photos that tells the story of a love between a Shinigami (the Japanese concept of an Angel of Death) and a human. Their love is passionate, deep and all consuming, yet they fail to see each other for who they really are.
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