MICHAEL KENNA Hokkaido Japan December 1, 2004 - January 15, 2005 BIOGRAPHY PRESS RELEASE San Francisco Chronicle, December 25, 2004 |
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The most recent installment of Kenna’s Japan
series features landscape imagery from the island of Hokkaido in winter
revealing among other subjects the calligraphic presence of modest
remnants of man-made, utilitarian objects in nature, such as fishing posts
and greenhouse structures. For the past four years, Kenna has traveled
extensively throughout Japan photographing the rural and coastal landscape
in his signature style and in the spare and elegant sensibility of
traditional Japanese painting.
Kenna’s attention to the landscape has consistently concerned remains of past human presence. He has stated, “I am interested in how we interact with our environment and what we leave behind on the planet. I like to photograph traces of our past activities and try to reflect the atmospheres that remain.” |
