Fascinating how an artist has come out of this trend.
I shot Japanese street fashion between 2002 and 2015, and published the first English language fashion blog about Japanese street fashion, JAPANESE STREETS. I can't recall, but I don't think I took any photographs of Yamanba. It was just too far removed from what I was shooting at the time, which was more focused on Amemura in Osaka, and Tokyo's Harajuku district.
I like how Tomomi Kondo now interprets the trend as an art movement. Looking forward to how she will further develop this.
Great to see things like this being documented and recognised more and more. Japan in the 80’s/90’s and early 2000’s achieved a really interesting synthesis between bizarre-o pop culture and pretty avant-garde trends.
My faves were the 汚ギャル
Fascinating how an artist has come out of this trend.
I shot Japanese street fashion between 2002 and 2015, and published the first English language fashion blog about Japanese street fashion, JAPANESE STREETS. I can't recall, but I don't think I took any photographs of Yamanba. It was just too far removed from what I was shooting at the time, which was more focused on Amemura in Osaka, and Tokyo's Harajuku district.
I like how Tomomi Kondo now interprets the trend as an art movement. Looking forward to how she will further develop this.
Thanks for sharing, Patrick.
Great to see things like this being documented and recognised more and more. Japan in the 80’s/90’s and early 2000’s achieved a really interesting synthesis between bizarre-o pop culture and pretty avant-garde trends.
Thanks for the article!