Michael kenna photography china series

  • 60 photographs.
  • China This book, published and printed in China, contains 60 photographs from Michael Kenna's work between 20in China, including the classical.
  • British photographer Michael Kenna (1953-present) is best known for his black-and-white landscape photography in which he often utilizes drawn-out exposure.

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    The British photographer Michael Kenna deeply impressed Chinese viewers with genuine originality in his solo exhibition at the Shanghai Art Museum in 2007. Ever since, Kenna’s influence has been spreading across China. Kenna’s style has something different from western landscape photography. What he presents in the picture is suggested. Instead of filling the image with rich details, he follows the principle of “less is more,” leaving the blank part of the image to tell the visual story. This photographic technique resembles the traditional Chinese painting style of the Song Dynasty. The blanks not only stimulate the imagination of the viewer, but also challenge the imagination and creativity of the artist. When looking at these Asian-Western infused landscape photographs, we can see Kenna’s intention to combine the “air” in oriental culture into his aesthetic system. His Japanese landscape photographs convey the flavor of Haiku, while those on Chinese landscapes emphasize the profoundness of Chinese ink painting.
    Zheng Gu

    I have been photographing in China since 2006. I began in Shanghai and was immediately entranced with the dynamic Pearl District when viewed from the Bund. I went on to Beijing and photographed the Forbidden Palace and the Great Wall, as tourists h

  • michael kenna photography china series

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    Michael Kenna

    Michael Kenna

    Born 1953 in Widnes, Lancashire, England
    Currently lives in Seattle, Washington, USA

    1973-76, London College of Printing, London, England.
    1972-73, Banbury School of Art, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
    1964-72, St Joseph’s College, Upholland, Lancashire, England

    Awards

    2022
    Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, France

    2016
    Special Photographer Award, Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan.

    2013
    Hae-sun Lee Photography Award, Photographic Artist Association of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

    2003
    Honorary Master of Arts, Brooks Institute, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.

    2000
    Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, Ministry of Culture, Paris, France.

    1996
    Golden Saffron Award, Consuegra, La Mancha, Spain.

    1989
    Institute for Aesthetic Development Award, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.

    1987
    Art in Public Buildings Award, California Arts Council Commission, Sacramento, California, U.S.A.

    1981
    Imogen Cunningham Award, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

    Solo Exhibitions

    2022
    Northern England 1983-1986, Robert Mann Gallery, NYC, USA
    Buddha, Palazzo, Loredan, Venice, Italy
    Buddha, Chiesa di Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna, Italy
    Michael Kenna, La Lumiere de l’ombre, Caen, France
    France and Ukraine,     K.

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    Archangel Kenna
    Snow Clothed Trees, Heilongjiang, China, 2012

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