Kishin Shinoyama

Kishin Shinoyama
篠山 紀信
A Japanese man standing behind a poster-board, featuring a photograph of John Lennon and Yoko Ono kissing in New York.
Born
Shinoyama Kishin

(1940-12-03)December 3, 1940
DiedJanuary 4, 2024(2024-01-04) (aged 83)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Known forPhotography
Spouse
(m. 1979)
Children1

Kishin Shinoyama (篠山 紀信, Shinoyama Kishin, December 3, 1940 – January 4, 2024) was a Japanese photographer. He is well-known for having photographed the covers for John Lennon and Yoko Ono's albums, Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey. Before his marriage to Saori Minami in 1979, he took a majority of the photographs for her album covers with CBS/Sony.