Forms of Japan: Michael Kenna
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Now available in a beautiful new compact edition, this book presents a meditative, arresting and dazzling collection of 240 black-and-white images of Japan, made over almost 30 years by the internationally renowned photographer Michael Kenna. A rocky coast along the Sea of Japan; an immense plain of rice fields in the snow; Mount Fuji towering over misty wooded hills; silent temples devoid of people but brimming with Buddhist deities; a Torii gate mysteriously emerging from moving clouds and water-these are a few images from this remarkable collection of photographs by Michael Kenna, whose black-and-white work is highly renowned. Forms of Japan, brilliantly designed by Yvonne Meyer-Lohr, is organized into chapters simply titled, "Sea," "Land," "Trees," "Spirit," and "Sky." The quietly evocative photographs, often paired with classic haiku poems of Basho, Buson, Issa and others, provide a contemplative portrait of a country better-known for its energy and industry. Gorgeously reproduced to convey the enormous subtleties that exist in Michael Kenna's traditional black-and-white silver prints, the photographs in this book include both well-known and previously unpublished images from all corners of Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Okinawa and Shikoku. AUTHORS: Michael Kenna is an English photographer, now based in Seattle, USA, best known for his black-and-white landscapes. More than 60 books and monographs have been published on his photographic work, including Buddha, Holga, Rouge, and St. Joseph's College, Upholland (all by Prestel). Yvonne Meyer-Lohr is a designer and author based in Dusseldorf, Germany. SELLING POINTS: . Michael Kenna is an English photographer best known for his black & white landscape photography. He has published over 60 books in his distinguished career and remains one of the most popular photographers today. . Prestel has published other successful books with Kenna including the originsl Forms of Japan (ISBN: 9783791381626), Rouge (ISBN: 9783791382975), and Holga (ISBN: 9783791383774). 240 b/w illustrations
Author: Michael Kenna
Format: Hardback, 304 pages, 295mm x 286mm, 2251 g
Published: 2022, Prestel, Germany
Genre: Photography
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Now available in a beautiful new compact edition, this book presents a meditative, arresting and dazzling collection of 240 black-and-white images of Japan, made over almost 30 years by the internationally renowned photographer Michael Kenna. A rocky coast along the Sea of Japan; an immense plain of rice fields in the snow; Mount Fuji towering over misty wooded hills; silent temples devoid of people but brimming with Buddhist deities; a Torii gate mysteriously emerging from moving clouds and water-these are a few images from this remarkable collection of photographs by Michael Kenna, whose black-and-white work is highly renowned. Forms of Japan, brilliantly designed by Yvonne Meyer-Lohr, is organized into chapters simply titled, "Sea," "Land," "Trees," "Spirit," and "Sky." The quietly evocative photographs, often paired with classic haiku poems of Basho, Buson, Issa and others, provide a contemplative portrait of a country better-known for its energy and industry. Gorgeously reproduced to convey the enormous subtleties that exist in Michael Kenna's traditional black-and-white silver prints, the photographs in this book include both well-known and previously unpublished images from all corners of Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Okinawa and Shikoku. AUTHORS: Michael Kenna is an English photographer, now based in Seattle, USA, best known for his black-and-white landscapes. More than 60 books and monographs have been published on his photographic work, including Buddha, Holga, Rouge, and St. Joseph's College, Upholland (all by Prestel). Yvonne Meyer-Lohr is a designer and author based in Dusseldorf, Germany. SELLING POINTS: . Michael Kenna is an English photographer best known for his black & white landscape photography. He has published over 60 books in his distinguished career and remains one of the most popular photographers today. . Prestel has published other successful books with Kenna including the originsl Forms of Japan (ISBN: 9783791381626), Rouge (ISBN: 9783791382975), and Holga (ISBN: 9783791383774). 240 b/w illustrations
Forms of Japan: Michael Kenna