Michael Kenna Art
American, b. 1953
Michael Kenna was born into a working class Irish-Catholic family in England. His upbringing originally inspired him to pursue priesthood and he attended a Catholic seminary school until 1972. After seminary school, his childhood love of art led him to study photography at the London College of Printing where he graduated in 1976. Working as a commercial photographer, Kenna moved to San Francisco in 1977.
Kenna’s photographic work focuses on landscape. He is considered a master in the art of contemporary photography. His approach to everyday scenery is enigmatic, leaving the viewer seduced. The mysterious aura of his photographs is created by long exposures that allow time and movement to be a part of the landscape, something the human eye so easily ignores in a glance.
The work of Kenna has been published, awarded, and collected for decades. He has published 47 books of his photography over his career of thirty years. His photography has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows internationally. The artwork of Kenna has been acquired by permanent collections as the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A; Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris, France; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.to
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Artist: Michael Kenna
Oak Tree and Monte Cagno Mountains, Terranera, Abruzzo, Italy
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has ...
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2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hilltop Trees, Study 4, Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan. 2016
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Folded Beach Umbrellas, Montesilvano, Abruzzo, Italy
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rock Formations, Study 2, Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition 14 of 45
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains hig...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Rouge, Study 100, Dearborn, Michigan, USA. 1995
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition 11 of 50
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains hi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Summer Dress, 1997
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Copse and Tree, Mita, Hokkaido, Japan. 2007
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential am...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Skyline, Dubai, Study 3, United Arab Emirates, 2009
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Seven Horses, Iti Maunga, Easter Island. 2001
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kussharo Lake Tree, Study 17, Kotan, Hokkaido, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on recto. Stamped, titled, dated on verso
Gelatin Silver Print
Edition of 25
Category
Early 2000s Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Onishi Tree Shadow and Clouds, Study 1, Hokkaido, Japan by Michael Kenna, 2023
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Onishi Tree Shadow and Clouds, Study 1, Hokkaido, Japan by Michael Kenna is a 8 x 8 inch* silver gelatin print, available in an edition of 25.
*Please note: the measurements of this ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cikisani Kamuy, Study 1, Sorachi, Hokkaido, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gelatin Silver print mounted to archival board.
Signed, Dated, and numbered in pencil on mount recto. Stamped, titled, and dated in pencil on mount verso. Edition of 25.
Category
2010s Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
White Copse, Study 2, Wakkanai, Hokkaido
By Michael Kenna
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on recto. Signed, dated, numbered and titled in pencil with artist's copyright stamp on verso
Gelatin Silver Print
Edition of 45
Category
Early 2000s Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hillside Fence, Study 6, Teshikaga, Hokkaido
By Michael Kenna
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on recto.
Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil with
artist's stamp on verso.
Gelatin Silver Print
Edition of 45
Category
Early 2000s Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Silver Road, Versailles, France
By Michael Kenna
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount.
Category
1980s Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Toya Lake Boulder, Study 2, Hokkaido, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition 2/25
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered by Michael Kenna
Sepia toned gelatin silver. Printed 2020
Mat size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 7 3/4 x 8 in.
Michae...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Twenty One Fence Posts, Shirogane, Hokkaido
By Michael Kenna
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Twenty One Fence Posts, Shirogane, Hokkaido, 2004
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on recto. Signed, dated, numbered and titled in pencil on verso
Gelatin Silver Print
Edition o...
Category
Early 2000s Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lotus Pond, Henjouson-in, Koyasan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed, titled, dated, numbered, stamped by artist
Gelatin Silver Print
Edition of 45
Category
Early 2000s Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Plank Walk, Morecombe, Lancashire, England
By Michael Kenna
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on the front of the mount recto. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on the back of the mount. Number 5 of 45. Printed in 1992...
Category
1990s Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Plane and Sugar Loaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered.
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery transports you to iconic and placid landscapes ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brooklyn Bridge, Study 2, New York, USA
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered.
Sepia toned gelatin silver print
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mountain Tree, Study 1, Danyang, Chungcheongbukdo, South Korea by Michael Kenna
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Mountain Tree, Study 1, Danyang, Chungcheongbukdo, South Korea by Michael Kenna presents a sublime scene. A lone tree stands tall, growing out from the side of the mountain. The star...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sadakichi
s Docks, Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered by Michael Kenna
Sepia toned gelatin silver print
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Yuanyang, Study 1, Yunnan, China
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition 27/45
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount margin recto by Michael Kenna
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered in pencil with the
artist's stamp in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fishnet Structure, Biwa Lake, Honshu, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount recto. Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on mount verso with artist's copyright stamp
Gelatin silver print
Edition of 25
Category
2010s Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Notre Dame, Study III, Paris, France
By Michael Kenna
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount.
Category
1980s Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Delicate Tree, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on recto. Stamped, titled, dated on verso
Gelatin Silver Print
Edition of 25
Category
2010s Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Skyline, Shanghai, Study 5, China
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered.
Sepia toned gelatin silver
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery t...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mt. Kaibetsu, Koshimizu, Hokkaido
By Michael Kenna
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed, titled, dated, numbered, stamped by artist
Gelatin Silver Print
Edition of 45
Category
Early 2000s Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lone Tree, Study 1, Bibaushi, Hokkaido, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount recto. Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on mount verso with artist's copyright stamp
Gelatin silver print
Edition of 45
Category
Early 2000s Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, Study 2, Venice, Italy - Architecture, Sunset
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, Study 2, Venice, Italy by Michael Kenna is a black and white photograph depicting a dramatic sunset silhouetting the San Giorgio Maggiore church.
G...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pine Tree and Nago Island, Tsuda, Shikoku, Japan, limited edition photograph
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"Reflecting Sticks, Muan-gun, Mokseo-ri, Jeollanam-do, South Korea." is a silver gelatin print that was printed in the darkroom by master photographer and printer Michael Kenna. The...
Category
2010s Minimalist Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hillside Fence, Study 5, Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Edition number 24 of 45.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Percy
s Perspective, Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan, by Michael Kenna, 2023
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Percy's Perspective, Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan by Michael Kenna is a 8 x 8 inch* silver gelatin print, available in an edition of 25.
*Please note: the measurements of this print are ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Quayside, Study 2, Bosham, West Sussex, England
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Morning Mists, Pyin U Lwin, 2019
By Michael Kenna
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount recto. Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on mount verso with artist's copyright stamp
Gelatin silver print
Image 8" x 8", Mat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Watchtower, Study 1, Sampo, Gongwondo, South Korea
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Horizon Lights, Jeunt-do, Shinan, South Korea
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hand of Sangsaeng, Homigot, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 25
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Morning Mists, Pyin U Lwin, Myanmar
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered.
Sepia toned gelatin silver
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ten Balloons, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition 07 of 45
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Trabocco Punta Aderci, Study 1, Vasto, Abruzzo, Italy
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chariot of Apollo, Study 4, Versailles, France
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered.
Sepia toned gelatin silver print
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His ima...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Punta Brava, Study 7, Ensenada, Mexico
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition 2 of 45
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains high...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rising Sun, Wakasa, Hokkaido, Japan. 2007
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential am...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Atget
s Trees, Study 3, Parc St. Cloud, Paris, France
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount margin recto.
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered in pencil with the
artist's stamp in black ink on mo...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lone Tree, Bibaushi, Hokkaido, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount margin recto.
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered in pencil with the
artist's stamp in black ink on mo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Daybreak Reflections, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 2018
By Michael Kenna
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Daybreak Reflections, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 2018
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil
Gelatin Silver Print
Image - 8" x 8", Matted - 16" x 20"
Edition of 25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Avenue of Giants, Humbolt, California, USA by Michael Kenna, 1998
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Avenue of Giants, Humbolt, California, USA by Michael Kenna depicts a dramatic forest scene. A grove of redwood trees is backlit by the sun. The harsh light diffuses through fog, and...
Category
1990s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cikisani Kamuy, Study 1, Sorachi, Hokkaido, Japan, by Michael Kenna, 2023
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Cikisani Kamuy, Study 1, Sorachi, Hokkaido, Japan by Michael Kenna is a 8 x 8 inch* silver gelatin print, available in an edition of 25.
*Ple...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brooklyn Bridge, Study 1, New York, USA by Michael Kenna, 2006
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Brooklyn Bridge, Study 1, New York, USA by Michael Kenna presents a dramatic scene. The Brooklyn Bridge stretches across the sky, leading to the New York City skyline on the horizon....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Olivia
s Tree, Study 1, Meursault, Bourgogne, France
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered.
Sepia toned gelatin silver
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Study 12, Bordeaux, France by Michael Kenna, 2012
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Study 12, Bordeaux, France by Michael Kenna presents a lush, seemingly oversized tree dominating the landscape. Structures in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hercules, Vaux-le-Vicomte, France
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, titled, negative date, print date, and numbered by Michael Kenna
Sepia toned gelatin silver
Image size: 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Printed 2000
Michael Kenna's black an...
Category
1990s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Biwa Lake Tree, Study 5, Omi, Honshu, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gelatin Silver print mounted to archival board.
Stamped on verso with signature, title, number and date in pencil. Signed, numbered and dated in pencil on recto.
Edition of 45.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Empire State Building, Study 1, New York, New York, USA
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, titled, dated, print date and numbered.
Sepia toned gelatin silver print.
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery tr...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Approaching Ice Floe, Okhosk Sea, Hokkaido, Japan by Michael Kenna, 2020
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Approaching Ice Floe, Okhosk Sea, Hokkaido, Japan by Michael Kenna is a 7.75 x 7.75 inch* silver gelatin print, available in an edition of 25.
*Please no...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Yuanyang, Study 5, Yunnan, China
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered by Michael Kenna
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery transports y...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Torii Gate, Study 4, Shosanbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered.
Sepia toned gelatin silver print
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His ima...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Amidha Buddha, Kotoku-in, Kamakura, Honshu, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered.
Sepia toned gelatin silver print
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His ima...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Kenna Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Photographer Michael Kenna is noted for his black and white photographs of deserted landscapes representing the atmosphere more than the location, landscape or object itself. Born in the United Kingdom, he travels the world, capturing moments and spaces in time. However, he most frequently returns to France and Japan. On 1stDibs, find a variety of original artwork from top artists.