Man and Woman (1961) presented in a direct manner eros and the naked body as its theme. Killed by Roses (1963) cast its subject Yukio Mishima in a baroque aesthetic space. Kamaitachi (1969), set in Japan’s northeast countryside with Butoh dancer Tatsumi Hijikata as subject, was composed from a fantasy world of Mysticism and insanity. Other publications include Embrace (1971), The Cosmos of Gaudi (1984), Luna Rossa (2000), Shumpon, Ukiyo-e Projections (2003), Why, Mother, Why? (2004), and The Butterfly Dream (2006), in which Butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno is photographed as subject. Other books include, Let’s Try Anything: My History of Photography (2005), Let’s Speak Honestly: My View of Photography (2005), Theory of Spherical Dualism of Photography (2006). Hosoe has had numerous exhibitions outside of Japan as well as photography workshops and hi has been active in the public sector.

He is Honorary Professor of Tokyo Polytechnic University, Director of Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts. He is a member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society, The Photographic Society of Japan, The Society of Photographic Science and Technology of Japan, and Japan Society of Arts and History of Photography.