TOP TO BOTTOM, “Approach Lights #3“, “On White #1“, “On the Margin” © Tsukasa Yokozawa, 1999-2005 Tsukasa Yokozawa is a Japanese photographer living and working in New York. A selection of his works from various series are currently on exhibition at Motus Fort, a gallery in Tokyo. Yokozawa on his works: I place plural and [...]
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Lightning Fields“) © Hiroshi Sugimoto, 2009 It’s a small wonder why Sugimoto-san is considered one of the greatest living photographers. He constantly pushes the limits of what photography can achieve and creates works that just leave one in complete awe. Sugimoto-san approaches photography like a scientist, experimenting and testing out hypotheses. [...]
Taisuke Koyama’s “organic abstract photography” has gained some recognition for its symbolism and portrayal of the changing city. TOP TO BOTTOM, Burnt, Split Fence, Pond from (“entropix) © Taisuke Koyama, 2008 At first glance, the images in his latest series, entropix, appear to be just bright images of shapes and colors, as if they were [...]
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Dark Lake Series“) © Shigeyoshi Ohi, 2003 Shigeyoshi Ohi describes the experience of standing at the edges of these lakes as an agitating process. Beneath the serene surfaces lie one of mother nature’s greatest force of destruction. Volcano craters fill up rapidly with water when the volcanoes become dormant, resulting in [...]
Successful self-portraits that do not merely depict a pictorial representation of the artist are few and far apart. Chino Otsuka’s autobiographical series takes place in an abandoned flat in a Tokyo housing estate. The images evoke a sense of displacement, the diptychs further accentuate the emptiness between photographer and environment. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Tokyo [...]
Masakuni Murakami’s landschaft #5 turns landscapes taken in the air into something abstract. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“landschaft #5“) © Masakuni Murakami, 2007 Human perception is warped and we can’t really decipher what we see. Is it river or a road? It is reminiscent of his earlier work, avant-hier : hier : aujourd’hui : demain, [...]
Taking the idea of family portraits one step further, Asada Masashi cajoled his family to pose in a series of humorous photographs. In The Asada Family, Masashi transformed himself and his family members into various fictional families, which are stereotypical of the Japanese society. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“The Asada Family“) © Asada Masashi This [...]
Mrs Deane has been unearthing Japanese photographers on their blog. © Yamamoto Masao Yamamoto Masao has some of the most poetic images I have seen in a while. © Hiromi Tsuchida Hiromi Tsuchida’s Festival series contains some very interesting characters. © Luo Yang Feature Shoot ehrm, featured Chinese photographer Luo Yang, whose work revolves mainly [...]
Nothing like some offbeat images to cure a hard day of work, especially on a dreary Monday! TOP TO BOTTOM, © Yokonami Osamu Advertising photographer Yokonami Osamu from Japan creates quirky images that doesn’t fail to elicit smiles from the audience. Although his work is largely advertising in general, he has a series centered around [...]
Yumiko’s images provide an endearing look at the tiny things in the world around us. Images in I Fly Therefore I Am are not arranged in any particular narrative form, which feels like an unfolding dream which jumps from one scene to another. TOP AND MIDDLE, from (“I Fly Therefore I Am“), BOTTOM from (“Works/Portraits“) [...]
