Photography Collection

Police have sent documents to prosecutors on photographer Kishin Shinoyama and two models, accusing them of public indecency after Shinoyama staged nude photo shoots in a variety of public locations. The Metropolitan Police Department's Security Bureau say Shinoyama, 69, set up 12 nude photo shoots in public for a 22-year-old adult video actress and another model during 2008. Locations included Aoyama Cemetery, and a church in Minato Ward. They are charging the three with public obscenities. "I'm sorry. I did give some thought to those around, but it wasn't enough," Shinoyama reportedly said. The photos were later included in "No nude by Kishin 1 20XX Tokyo", a photo collection published in January 2009 by Asahi Press. "I wanted to create a seminal work to celebrate my 50th year as a photographer," said Shinoyama. Police say that on September 7, 2008, they received a report from a resident that Shinoyama was doing a nude photo shoot in Minato Ward. The photographer later wrote to police saying that they were taking swimsuit photos; however, he took nude photos. Shinoyama graduated from the Department of Photography at Nihon University's College of Art. He has taken nude photos for magazines including Playboy, and shot actress Rie Miyazawa's bestselling nude photo collection "Santa Fe."