Video: Unique series of photographs of the imperial residence by Yasuhiro Ishimoto
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Yasuhiro Ishimoto's series of black and white photographs of the Katsura Imperial Villa combine centuries of architectural tradition with the abstract dynamics of contemporary art. It's amazing that a villa built several centuries ago looks so modern!
Villa Katsura is located in Kyoto - this is the summer residence of the Japanese emperor, built in the 16th century. A visit to the villa is not available to everyone, and the name of the architect, according to whose project it was built, is still kept secret. Nevertheless, the photographer was able to obtain permission to shoot, thanks to which viewers can enjoy the internal organization of the villa.
Yasuhiro Ishimoto was born in 1921 in the American city of San Francisco into a family of farmers. Soon his parents returned with little Yasuhiro to their homeland, to Japan. However, barely leaving school, Yasuhiro returned to America. In 1939, he entered the Department of Architecture at Northwestern University of Chicago, where he studied for only two years. Perhaps it was this fact that influenced the work of Ishimoto, who so often turned to architectural objects in his work.
In 1946, he enrolled in the Department of Photography at the Chicago Design Institute, where Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind became his teachers. Over the course of his long life (90 years), Ishimoto has created many amazing photographs, imbued with traditional Japanese aesthetics, and containing numerous symbols and codes that are yet to be read. In 2010, Ishimoto's book "Thoughts on Photography" was published, and in February 2012 he passed away.
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