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When the surreal is vogue

Japanese photographer Hiro turned fashion photography into fine art

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by Lauren Hansen
December 28, 2015

Black Evening Dress in Flight, New York, 1963

(Hiro / Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)Hiro was born in China, to Japanese parents, in 1930, and moved to New York City in 1954. There, he worked under and with such photography giants

Harry Winston Necklace, New York, 1963

(Hiro / Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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Foot Series #8 with Ant, New York, 1982

(Hiro / Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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Maria Beadeux, New York, 1974

(Hiro / Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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Elsa Peretti Gold Bone Cuff, New York, 1984

(Hiro / Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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