![]() There is nothing to divide men and women and LGBT people – this book is genderless and timeless.Īs a society we are obsessed with defining, giving labels and gendering roles, objects and even colours – what is it about our culture that causes this need to categorise everything? I wanted to express models’ personas in my book. Sarai Mari: Now is an easier world for gender. How does your book "celebrate all definitions of gender and sexuality"? There is so much background information I can get when I shoot the model, but I am dedicated to the moment I see before me and to photographing a unique side. This reflects my work deeply, I see people inside and out. I wanted to prove what I could do and do something different. I had to get out of the small society quickly to see the world and find people who had the same free-spirit as myself. I moved out of my tiny village when I was 18-years-old and went to the second largest metropolitan city in Japan – Osaka – then I went to Los Angeles to study photography. I was loud, behaved like a free-woman and drove a big motor-cycle when I was teenager, with bleach blonde hair – a bit crazy for my village people. ![]() They conformed to fit in and I tried to push against it. Traditionally women are supposed to be shy and quietly mannered, and people are scared of being isolated or left behind. Sarai Mari: I grew up on a small mountain which is a world heritage UNESCO site in Japan and every society there has codes of conduct for how people should behave. You mention that since you were a child you have rebelled against these rules and societal definitions of 'woman' – tell us more. Photojournalist-come-fashion photographer Sarai Mari shot model Lyndsey Scott for our January 2010 issue of Dazed and admits to being heavily influenced by Helmut Newton’s strong, sexual representations of women, of which motivate her in her mission to encourage confidence in young women.īelow we talked to Mari about her inspiration for Speak Easy, and how she delves behind the masks people present themselves with in our highly judgemental society. "I wanted to catch a moment beyond those feelings and prejudices" – Sarai Mari In a society obsessed with labels and categorisations, Mari hopes the previously defined terms will fall way. Featuring Clara Paget, Hikari Mori, Janice Dickinson, and more, photographer Sarai Mari’s new book is a celebration of the human body. Art directed by Miguel Polidano, with words by Xerxes Cook, the book was inspired by the gender roles men and women play within our culture. Speak Easy launches with an exhibition – running from 30 March to 15 April at the hpgrp Gallery in New York – and opening ceremony on 31 March from 6pm. For her latest project, Mari produces an erotically charged series of both male and female – mainly in black and white, her favourite medium. She left her village at 18, eventually venturing to New York in the hopes of finding a free-spirited community. ![]() Growing up in a small Japanese town where traditionally women were encouraged to be shy and quiet, Mari rebelled while others conformed. Her father is Japanese, while her mother is Italian-American.Japanese photographer Sarai Mari has released her second book via Damiani Books, Speak Easy, continuing her focus on the naked body (her previous book Naked was a monograph of female nudes). Izumi Mori ( 森 泉, Mori Izumi, born October 18, 1982, in Minato, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese model and tarento represented by Walk Zero. Pamela Mori (Pamela Ann Harris) (mother).
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