Hiroshi Watanabe was born in Sapporo, Japan. After the completion of his art degree, he moved to Los Angeles and spent many years working on TV productions before picking up the camera again in 2000. Since then, he has gone on to numerous exhibitions, awards and published several books along the way. His images are breathtaking, to say the least.
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain, 2007 (from “Gods, Nations and Histories”)
© Hiroshi Watanabe
Visitors Booth, Pyongyang Maternity Hospital, North Korea, 2006 (from “Ideology in Paradise”)
© Hiroshi Watanabe
Chujo, Naito Clan, 2005 (from “Noh Masks of Naito Clan”)
© Hiroshi Watanabe
Anntoinette (Voodoo Queen), New Orleans, 2004 (from “Portraits of Ourselves)
© Hiroshi Watanabe
From his statement:
I believe there’s a thread that connects all of my work — my personal vision of the world as a whole. I make every effort to be a faithful visual recorder of the world around me, a world in flux that, at very least in my mind, deserves preservation.
Visit his website to see more of his portfolio. There’s also a write-up on him here.
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Watanabe is a great artist. I am always astonished at the ability the Japanese have to play with the shades of pale. It comes from the culture of shoji rice-paper screens.
Read here the english translation from the famous essay in praise of shadow by Tanizaki Junichiro.
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