Michael Kenna: Silver Haikus (book)
This book was published for the exhibition at Musee Guimet in Paris and is therefore in French and English language. The first 50 pages are filled with an interview and several articles on his photography. Not only beautiful imagery but also very informative.
Since Michael Kenna first travelled to Japan in 1987, Asia has not ceased to influence his sensitive and singular gaze, through which he reveals the refined beauty of the continent’s landscapes. His work is permeated with references to East Asian art, ranging from traditional ink painting to the well-known poetic form of the Japanese haiku. Through the evocative power of black-and-white photography, the celebration of the void, and the simplicity of form, Michael Kenna substitutes the ink of poems with the silver tones of his images, offering the viewer a truly contemplative experience. A theme-based retrospective of Michael Kenna’s work in Asia, Silver Haikus brings out the extent of these Asian influences through a formal and aesthetic dialogue between a selection of his silver-print photographs created over the last forty years and works from the collections of the Guimet.
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This book was published for the exhibition at Musee Guimet in Paris and is therefore in French and English language. The first 50 pages are filled with an interview and several articles on his photography. Not only beautiful imagery but also very informative.
Since Michael Kenna first travelled to Japan in 1987, Asia has not ceased to influence his sensitive and singular gaze, through which he reveals the refined beauty of the continent’s landscapes. His work is permeated with references to East Asian art, ranging from traditional ink painting to the well-known poetic form of the Japanese haiku. Through the evocative power of black-and-white photography, the celebration of the void, and the simplicity of form, Michael Kenna substitutes the ink of poems with the silver tones of his images, offering the viewer a truly contemplative experience. A theme-based retrospective of Michael Kenna’s work in Asia, Silver Haikus brings out the extent of these Asian influences through a formal and aesthetic dialogue between a selection of his silver-print photographs created over the last forty years and works from the collections of the Guimet.
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This book was published for the exhibition at Musee Guimet in Paris and is therefore in French and English language. The first 50 pages are filled with an interview and several articles on his photography. Not only beautiful imagery but also very informative.
Since Michael Kenna first travelled to Japan in 1987, Asia has not ceased to influence his sensitive and singular gaze, through which he reveals the refined beauty of the continent’s landscapes. His work is permeated with references to East Asian art, ranging from traditional ink painting to the well-known poetic form of the Japanese haiku. Through the evocative power of black-and-white photography, the celebration of the void, and the simplicity of form, Michael Kenna substitutes the ink of poems with the silver tones of his images, offering the viewer a truly contemplative experience. A theme-based retrospective of Michael Kenna’s work in Asia, Silver Haikus brings out the extent of these Asian influences through a formal and aesthetic dialogue between a selection of his silver-print photographs created over the last forty years and works from the collections of the Guimet.
price including 10% VAT
No shipping. If you need shipping pls order from Skira homepage