This limited edition to 15 copies comes with a sunning print signed and numbered by Kenro Izu. Kenro Izu considers his own photography, especially still life that he composes in the studio, as a sort of conversation with himself. The print of this limited edition features a mask facing to a pear. He sees the mask, any mask, as a magic tool that transforms the person who wears it and brings him to another dimension. It may even be a parallel world to the world where we live. At the time of taking this photograph, he was questioning himself about what is that the being behind the mask is seeing through the black holes for the eyes. It actually may not even be a pear. The photographer aims to capture something of the spirit or inner life of his chosen subject--whether it be a still life or an ancient, sacred monument. Izu describes this tension between capturing the essence and beauty of the subject as an "effort to hold myself at the very edge (before falling into the dark hole of seduction)." Seduction presents the results of these efforts: photographs by Izu of fruits, plants and human figures, all made with a large-format film camera and contact printed in platinum from 8x10 to 14x20-inch negatives.
Exhibition catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition "Kenro Izu :Blue." Co-published by Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Shimose Gallery, Tokyo.
Beautiful bandw images of difficult-to-reach spiritual places reflect the dedicated soul of photographer Izu, who traveled to these places with a specially made large-format camera that weighs 300 pounds. He used the camera to make 14x20" contact platinum/palladium prints of places of worship as diverse as Easter Island, Teotihuacan, Angkor Wat, Stonehenge, the monuments of the Chinese Silk Road, and the caves of Ajanta, among other sites. The great 19th-century photographs of Asia were part of his inspiration, but Izu's work is uniquely his own. An essay by photographic historian Clark Worswick provides an overview of his life and work. The large format of the book (12.25x10.5") allows for sumptuous presentation of the images. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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