Hiromix

, is a Japanese photographer.

Using a snapshot aesthetic Hiromix photographs herself, friends and moments of everyday life. Part of the nihongo|girl photographer|女の子の写真家|onna-no-ko no shashinka trend of the 1990s,vague she has published several photo books since 1996. She became known in Japan after Nobuyoshi Araki nominated her as the winner of the nihongo|11th New Cosmos of Photography|写真新世紀|Shashin Shin-seiki photo contest, sponsored by Canon, in March 1995. [ [http://www.canon.com/scsa/newcosmos/gallery/1995/hiromix/index.html Canon page] .] In September 1996, Hiromix's first book, "Girls Blue," was published and sold a record number of copies.vague Many of her photos were taken with a Konica Big Mini, a low-priced all-automatic compact camera, and treated by enlarging on a colour printer.vague

Hiromix has also been working as a film director since 1995 and has directed eight music videos, a TV commercial and a short TV programme.

Hiromix appears as herself in the film "Lost in Translation", directed by Sofia Coppola.

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*Ono, Philbert. " [http://photoguide.jp/txt/HIROMIX Hiromix] ". Japan photoguide. Profile of "one of the most well-known and sensational young female photographers in Japan".
*Romano, Gianni. " [http://www.photoarts.com/journal/romano/hiro/ Hiromix] ". PhotoArts Journal.
*Shoji, Kaori, " [http://www.iht.com/articles/1999/01/16/photog.t.php Young women behind the camera craze in Tokyo] ". 16 January 1999. An excited portrait of Hiromix as "the grunge baby of the camera world" and Yuriko Takagi as "its high priestess".