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ARTIST STATEMENT FOR 'RETROSPECTIVE'

4/28/2016

 
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RETROSPECTIVE


 今回の展覧会では、40年前から現在までの作品21点を展示しています。
40年前、大学を出て間もない頃は、カリフォルニアにあるヨセミテの自然の美しさに魅了されていました。40代の頃はニューヨークのセントラルパークによくでかけました。10年ほど前にはニューメキシコのサンタフェに住みながら砂漠地帯の撮影をし、ここ3年はオレゴンやカリフォルニアでの撮影が多くなってきています。
 候補となる作品を整理しながら自分の表現が変化してきた道筋を俯瞰すると、私の写真活動が独自の「美の探究」に向かっていると思います。写真表現は音楽家が楽器を使って曲を演奏するのに似ています。次はどんな曲をどのように演奏したいのか。私の求める「美」はどこに向かっているのか。美の探究への興味は尽きません。

    I have selected 21 pieces of works from the photographs I created in the last 40 years.
  Soon after graduating from collage in California, 40 years ago, I was attracted to the beauty of Yosemite in Sierra Nevada. In my 40s, I often visited Central Park in New York to take photographs. After moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico, from New York, 13 years ago, desert scenes in the South West became the subjects I focused. In the past three years, I have frequently visited Oregon and California.
  Through the process of work selection for this show, it became clear to me that my photography had been moving towards QUEST FOR BEAUTY. For me, expression in photography is similar to musicians playing music with their instruments. What is the music I want to play next; how do I want to play it?
In which direction is the quest of beauty heading?







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