The project was executed with extreme confidentiality. Shinoyama, already famous for photographing John Lennon and Yoko Ono just before Lennon’s death, approached the shoot with an artistic lens rather than a commercial one. Artistic Vision: Why "Santa Fe"?
For the Japanese public, the photo froze her in amber. No matter how many dramatic roles she took as an adult, she was always "the girl from Santa Fe." The project was executed with extreme confidentiality
is often credited with helping to end the "pubic hair ban" in Japanese publishing, alongside Shinoyama's earlier work Water Fruit en.wikipedia.org Product Details For the Japanese public, the photo froze her in amber
The impact of "Santa Fe" was so profound that it established a new trend of mainstream actresses releasing high-art nude photobooks throughout the 1990s. Santa Fe, Asahi Press, 1991 - Kishin Shinoyama For the Japanese public