The ritual of the costume in Noh traditional theater.

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Photographer

Lucas Dragone
Date of Photograph

2015
Technical Info

50mm, 35mm
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https://studiolucasdragone.com

Rare moment with Noh theater family in Japan. The father Oshima Masanobu The daughter Oshima Kinue Noh performers had been exclusively male, but daughters of established Noh actors have begun to perform professionally since 1940s. In 2009, there were about 1200 male and 200 female professional Noh performers.

Biography

Lucas Dragone is an internationally acclaimed photographer whose work moves between the poetic and the documentary, the intimate and the universal. Rooted in physical theatre, studied at the Lassaad International Theater School in Brussels in the tradition of Jacques Lecoq, his work explores identity, culture, and ritual with a quiet reverence for the human spirit. Exhibited internationally, including at the Musée du Louvre.
Awards

- IPA 2017 2nd Place in Event category with the "Fekat Circus" Story. - IPA 2016 1st place in the Editorial : Sports category With the story "Mallakhamb" - TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS 2016 - 2nd place - editorial Conflict - with the « Refugees » portraits. - SEEME EXPOSURE AWARDS AT LE LOUVRE MUSEUM PARIS 2015 - digital display in the « body collection » published in a book on the « body collection ». - MIFA 2016 MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS - 2nd place winner - event sport - Akhada series - IPOTY INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2015 - first place winner - editorial: sports (professional) with the story « mallakhamb » - 2015-2016 GOLDEN ORCHID INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL - third prize – with the story « faces of violence » - FESTIVAL PRÉSENCE(S) PHOTOGRAPHIE MONTÉLIMAR - digital display