Santa Fe Rie Miyazawa Photo By Kishin Shinoyama 1991 Exclusive Page

However, history eventually healed the wounds. Thirty-one years after the shoot, in 2022, Miyazawa appeared on the cover of Vogue Japan —photographed once again by the 82-year-old Kishin Shinoyama. It was a triumphant reunion, celebrating the artistic merit of their earlier work and closing a chapter on the controversy. Miyazawa smiled alongside Shinoyama in a video tribute just before his death in January 2024 at the age of 83.

In 2008, something shocking happened. Rie Miyazawa, now in her 30s and a respected actress, asked that the photobook Santa Fe go out of print. She revoked her lifetime consent. As of 2009, the book became "phantom stock." No new copies have been printed in Japan for 15 years. However, history eventually healed the wounds

"It's a camera where you put in one sheet of film and take one shot," Miyazawa recalled. "He never said things like 'Oh, that's good, that's good,' and I think that was actually a good thing." Miyazawa smiled alongside Shinoyama in a video tribute