Akita Masami (秋田昌美)

Akita Masami (秋田昌美), born 1956, is a Japanese writer.

Born: 1956

Present

Era: 1980s

WRITER · MUSICIAN

Japanese writer and musician known as Merzbow. His historical work with the Kinbiken collective included camera work for several of its 1980s videos. He authored the 1996 Japanese Kinbaku Photo History, supervised by Nureki Chimuo with photographic supervision by Akio Fuji, documenting the development of kinbaku photography.

Sources

Merzbow: official contact page catalogue record
Cold Spring: Merzbow artist biography catalogue record
National Diet Library: 日本緊縛写真史 1 catalogue record
David Novak: Japanoise — Akita and Kinbiken catalogue record

Official links

Official contact

Collaborators: Nureki Chimuo.