Hisaji Hara
# Hisaji Hara

Hisaji Hara is a Japanese photographer.

## Biography

Hisaji Hara was born in Tokyo in 1964 and graduated from Musashino Art University in 1986. He emigrated to the United States in 1993, working as a film director. He returned to Japan in 2001.

### Influences

Hara has explicitly named Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky as a prominent influence in his work.

## Technique

Hara primarily works with purposefully aged black-and-white photographs; in order to create photos that "enjoy the diversity of time." Hara is primarily known for his series of photographic Balthus studies.

## Exhibitions

* Picture, Photography and Beyond (September 3 – October 2, 2011)
