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However, the personal cost for Miyazawa was immense. She was dropped from a program on the conservative , and her mental health began to deteriorate severely in the public eye. Over the next few years, she faced a very public and painful struggle, battling anorexia nervosa , making a suicide attempt, and dealing with the fallout from a high-profile, failed engagement. The pressure was so immense that she eventually took a hiatus and briefly relocated to the United States .

The book’s title and visual identity are drawn entirely from its location: the stark, sun-drenched landscapes of . Santa Fe Rie Miyazawa Photo By Kishin Shinoyama 1991 72

Santa Fe was a seismic event in Japanese pop culture. Its impact can be measured in several ways. However, the personal cost for Miyazawa was immense

Santa Fe forced a cultural reckoning over the boundaries of art, censorship, and the ideal of the Japanese idol. The pressure was so immense that she eventually

The project was a high-profile collaboration between two titans of Japanese media.

Kishin Shinoyama was already established as one of postwar Japan’s most successful, brilliant, and deeply provocative portrait photographers. Celebrated internationally for capturing the final portraits of author Yukio Mishima in 1970 and the intimate bed portraits of John Lennon and Yoko Ono for the Double Fantasy album cycle in 1980, Shinoyama possessed a rare ability to bridge the gap between high-art photography and commercial mass appeal. Just ten months prior to Santa Fe , Shinoyama had published Water Fruit with actress Kanako Higuchi, testing the waters of unblurred artistic nudity in mainstream publishing. Artistic Execution Against the Desert Landscape

: The book featured art direction by Tsuguya Inoue, known for his work with Comme des Garçons , giving the volume a sophisticated, high-art aesthetic. Collectibility and Specifications