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Titleno. 040507 (Mt.Fuji, an ume tree and a moon trial) M

no. 040507 (Mt.Fuji, an ume tree and a moon trial) M

Detail

  • 2007
  • ED-/8
  • Signed
  • Condition: Good
  • Medium: Super high definition pigments print
  • Sheet: 76x95cm (29.9x37.4 in )
  • Framed: 76x95xcm (29.9x37.4x0.0 in )
  • Price is included sheet only
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Biography / Exhibition / Publication

1970 Born in Tokyo, Japan
1993 BA in Mechanical Engineering, Tokai University, Japan
2001 BFA in Photography, Art Center College of Design (ACCD), U.S.A.

Selected Exhibitions
2007 "BTAP 5th Anniversary", BTAP, Beijing, China
2006 "Edition" Fall/Winter Collection 2006-2007 "Edition Shops", Japan
08/10 – 09/03 (Ikebukuro),
09/06 – 09/24 (Umeda),

09/27 – 10/15 (Nagoya),
10/18 – 11/05 (Kyoto)
11/08 (Kobe)

2006/07 "Memories of Light, Azumatei Jun / Furuya Man", Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo
2006/06 "Seichu no Do", Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka, Japan
2006/02 "Seichu no Do", Shinjyuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan

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about

This series is a continuation of the Records project, realized in the US and now brought back to a Japanese setting, from where the concept originated. The project has been an exercise in discovering the form of Japanese Aesthetics: "Seeing Motion in Fixed Images". Choosing landscapes that are symbolic of Japan and very special to the Japanese people, such as the image of Mt Fuji, I have made a faithful recreation of the series" concept and then tried to bring out the beauty that people have come to forget about. In these images you can find both a classical and a most contemporary vision of Japan. I take these photographs using super long exposures under moonlight, on an 8x10 camera. As a result, when you look at my works, you are "seeing motion in fixed images" at the same time. There are no double exposures or digital retouches.Furthermore the works are installed with phosphorescent pigment behind them. The luminous material brings the photographs even closer to the actual, original setting of the moonlit night. I hope that through these works, people will reconnect with their inner appreciation of the phenomena that give Japan its distinctiveness.

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