Purple Magazine
— Purple #43 S/S 2025
The Tokyo Diary Issue

suwa nagano

STÉPHANE SEDNAOUI

Stéphane Sednaoui, born in Paris in 1963, is a visionary photographer and film director whose vibrant, cyberpunk-inspired work has influenced fashion photography and music videos for over three decades. Known for his experimental, digital-forward storytelling, he recently relocated to Japan to embark on a new creative journey. Immersed in Japan’s world of symbols and signs, Sednaoui is now exploring a more abstract, deconstructed approach to photography, reflecting his personal choice of solitude and distance from the visual pollution of pop culture.

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editor’s letter
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empire of signs
by Roland Barthes
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cover #1 takashi murakami
interview by Jérôme Sans
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takashi murakami
interview by Jérôme Sans
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ryoko sekiguchi
interview by Mark Alizart and Olivier Zahm
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cover #2 motoko ishibashi
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motoko ishibashi
interview by Aleph Molinari
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atsuko tanaka
by Atsuko Tanaka
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sexual assault breaking the silence
by Karyn Nishimura-Poupée
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juergen teller and nobuyoshi araki
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chiho aoshima
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hajime sawatari
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cover #3 katerina jebb
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fetish magazines
by Katerina Jebb
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tadanoori yokoo
text by André Michel
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kazumi asamura hayashi
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keiichi tanaami
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fumihiro hayashi
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cover #4 tomoo gokita
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tomoo gokita
interview by Olivier Zahm
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cover #5 loewe s/s 2025
photography by Suffo Moncloa
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loewe s/s 2025
photography by Suffo Moncloa
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hajime sorayama
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my father
by Rick Owens
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announcement to humanity
by Ryoko Sekiguchi
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suwa nagano
by Stéphane Sednaoui
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cover #6 masahisa fukase
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masahisa fukase
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hajime kinoko
interview by Olivier Zahm
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raiki yamamoto
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nobuyoshi araki
portrait by Chikashi Suzuki
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kunichi nomura
text by Aaron Rose
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aya takano
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tomoyo kawari
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masaru hatanaka
interview by Aleph Molinari
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why japan?
by Urs Fischer, Ramdane Touhami, Stéphane Sednaoui
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cover #7 prada s/s 2025
photography by Takashi Homma
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best of the season s/s 2025
photography by Takashi Homma
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cover #8 esther rose-mcgregor in valentino s/s 2025
photography by Hart Lëshkina
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cover #9 balenciaga s/s 2025
photography by Juergen Teller
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balenciaga s/s 2025
photography by Juergen Teller
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cover #10 bottega veneta
photography by Nikolai von Bismarck
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cover #11 nobuyoshi araki
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cover #12 comme des garçons s/s 2025
photography by Ola Rindal
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cover #13 dualité by brioni and lalique
photography by Olivier Zahm
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cover #14 casablanca s/s 2025
photography by Keizo Motoda
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cover #15 paul & joe
photography by Olivier Zahm
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cover #16 saint laurent by anthony vaccarello s/s 2025
photography by Takashi Homma
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cover #17 miu miu s/s 2025
photography by Coco Capitán
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cover #18 sakura andō in chanel s/s 2025
photography by Chikashi Suzuki
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Purple #43 S/S 2025 The Tokyo Diary Issue

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