Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
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
Orchid Offerings, But That Pagoda, Bak Ninh, Vietnam
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...
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2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Ratcliffe Power Station, Study 59, Nottinghamshire, England. 1993, LTD SGP
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"Ratcliffe Power Station, Study 59, Nottinghamshire, England. 1993" is a limited edition, silver gelatin print and comes matted to 20x16 in.
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporar...
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20th Century Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Hyomon, Study 2, Hokkaido, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna travels the world, attuned to the aesthetic, emotional, and spiritual resonance of natural and urban landscapes, which he seeks to capture in his exquisite black-and-wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Snow Parfait Tree, Wakoto, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hyomon, Study 1, Hokkaido, Japan, black and white, limited edition photograph
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Hyomon, Study 1, Hokkaido, Japan is a black and white, limited edition photograph by photographer Michael Kenna.
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for c...
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2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Homage to Giacomelli, Scanno, 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Giza Pyramids, Study 6, Cairo, 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 Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Pine Trees, Study 3, Wolcheon, Gangwondo, South Korea. 2011
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 Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Four Hundred and Seventy Five Birds, San Francisco, USA
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 Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Mina, Study 3, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ten years ago, after a particularly tumultuous period in his life, Michael Kenna quietly made a decision to expand his photographic practice to include the human form. Kenna is well known for his minimalistic landscapes, and has been vocal in the past about the absence of the human figure in his photographs stating, "I feel they gave away the scale and became the main focus of the viewer’s attention." But, believing "fixed dogma is not a creative tool...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Red Crown Crane Feeding, Tsurui, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
St. Mary
s Basilica and Flying Birds, Krakow, Poland
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
1980s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Philosopher’s Tree, Study 6, Biei, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Dawn Mist, Mont St. Michel, France
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
1990s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Quixote
s Giants, Study 1, Campo de Criptana, Spain.
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hilltop Trees, Study 4, Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan, LTD, SGP photograph
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"Hilltop Trees, Study 4, Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan" is a limited edition, silver gelatin print by Michael Kenna. The print is handmade by the artist, signed and numbered, and comes...
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2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Two Hundred and Seven Sheep, Rakaia Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand. 2013
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
1990s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Glastonbury Tor, Study 3, Somerset, England. 1990, silver gelatin photo
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"Glastonbury Tor, Study 3, Somerset, England. 1990" is a silver gelatin photograph, and is signed and numbered and matted to 20x16 in.
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary phot...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Homage to HCB, Study 2, Brittany, France, limited edition photograph
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 amo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Strolling Swan, Chateau d
Azay le Rideau, France
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancing Trees, Kussharo Lake, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Glastonbury Tor, Study 3, Somerset, England. 1990
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 amon...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lake Saroma Tree, Topushi, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norway Spruce Tree, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Two Hundred and Seven Sheep, Rakaia Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand. LTD print
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
"Two Hundred and Seven Sheep, Rakaia Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand" is a limited edition, silver gelatin print. The photograph is signed, numbered, and matted to 20x16 in.
Micha...
Category
1990s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Blackstone Hill Tree, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Minimalist Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gathering Clouds, Casoli, 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Copse, Study 3, Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan. 2004
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition 5 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Giza Pyramids, Study 2, Cairo, Egypt. 2009
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
White Landscape, Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Moai, Study 49, Ahu Akivi, 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Moon Set, Lake Campotosto, 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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Young Nandaro Plant, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Toya Lake Boulder, Study 2, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Island, Richmond Park, Surrey, England
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
1970s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Flock of Red Crown Cranes, Tsurui, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Docomo Tower, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
White Copse, Study 4, Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan, black and white photograph
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
White Copse, Study 4, Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan is a black and white (silver gelatin) photograph by Michael Kenna.
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chikui Cape Trees, Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan
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 am...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Reflection, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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
1970s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Maki
s Washi Flowers, Study 4, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Morning Clouds, Monument Valley, Utah, 2005
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 a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mountain Tree, Study 2, Danyang, Chungcheongbukdo, South Korea
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Asparagus Sticks, Study 2, 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 amon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
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...
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1990s Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Two Leaning Trees, Study 3, Kussharo Lake, Hokkaido, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna travels the world, attuned to the aesthetic, emotional, and spiritual resonance of natural and urban landscapes, which he seeks to capture in his exquisite black-and-wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shaman Rock, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kurosawa
s Trees, Study 3, Memanbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wat Mahathat Buddha Head, Ayutthaya, Thailand
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orumnai Ice, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Three Trees in Pasture, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Asparagus Sticks, Study 3, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Late Afternoon Light, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Six Sipetca Trees, Shibecha, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Flying Bird over San Marco, Venice, Italy
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ezo Spruce Trees, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dakekanba and Snow Barriers, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Threatening Clouds, Tokimaru Beach, Hokkaido, Japan
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Namiko, Study 2, Japan
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ten years ago, after a particularly tumultuous period in his life, Michael Kenna quietly made a decision to expand his photographic practice to include the human form. Kenna is well known for his minimalistic landscapes, and has been vocal in the past about the absence of the human figure in his photographs stating, "I feel they gave away the scale and became the main focus of the viewer’s attention." But, believing "fixed dogma is not a creative tool...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Kenna Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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