synopsis
In 2001, Rinko Kawauchi launched her career with the simultaneous publication of three astonishing photobooks—Utatane, Hanabi, and Hanako—firmly establishing herself as one of the most innovative newcomers to contemporary photography, not just in Japan, but across the globe. In the years that followed, she published other notable monographs, including Aila (2004), The Eyes, the Ears, (2005), and Semear (2007). And now, ten years after her precipitous entry onto the international stage, Aperture has published Illuminance, the latest volume of Kawauchi’s work and the first to be published outside of Japan.
Kawauchi’s work has frequently been lauded for its nuanced palette and offhand compositional mastery, as well as its ability to incite wonder via careful attention to tiny gestures and the incidental details of her everyday environment. In Illuminance, Kawauchi continues her exploration of the extraordinary in the mundane, drawn to the fundamental cycles of life and the seemingly inadvertent, fractal-like organization of the natural world into formal patterns.
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Publisher : Aperture
2011
160 pages
dimensions : 22 x 28 cm
2011
160 pages
dimensions : 22 x 28 cm
about Rinko Kawauchi
Rinko Kawauchi (born 1972) is known for the softness and luminosity of her color photographs, which, since her earliest works, have revealed the mystery, brilliance, fragility, and strength of life in all its forms. Her gaze falls as much on the delicate beings in her immediate environment, whether flora, fauna, or members of her family, as on the great forces of nature that are volcanoes and glaciers formed over long periods of time. The unique sensitivity of her photography reveals the connections between these subjects, all of which shine with the same vital radiance.
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2021 (Ten year anniversary edition)
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2021 (Ten year anniversary edition)
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