Haikus d’argent 2025

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Haïkus, Michael Kenna
29 September

Born in 1953 in Widnes, an industrial town in northwest England, Michael Kenna grew up in a working-class Catholic family. After seven years at a minor seminary, hoping to become a priest, the young man discovered a passion for art. He chose to study photography at the Banbury School of Art and (…)
Haikus, The return to the motif
24 September

During his travels in Asia, Michael Kenna developed a fondness for certain places and patterns, to the point of rephotographing them periodically. The series thus created have become essential milestones in his work.
Composed of female nudes taken in Japan since 2008, the series Rafu is (…)
Haikus, The Image Factory
17 September

Although Michael Kenna now uses digital technology, preparing his compositions with a smartphone and sharing his work online, his photographs are all produced using traditional film techniques, which rely on the light sensitivity of silver halides. In silver halide photography, the shot produces (…)
Haikus, Capturing the Invisible
3 September

Michael Kenna’s choice to always interpret his subject rather than document it has led him to test the limits of photography by attempting to capture what he calls ‘the invisible’. In his work, this elusive material ranges from emotion (aroused by the interaction between two elements) to pure (…)
Haikus, Devotion and Occupation
27 August

Devotion The photographs taken by Michael Kenna in the temples and shrines of Asia showcase the devotion of women and men, which is evident both in the architecture and in the marks of piety. This subject is particularly dear to the photographer, who has also described shooting and printing as (…)
Haikus, Living in the world
20 August

Living in the World One would be hard-pressed to identify people in the photographs of Michael Kenna. Yet, humanity occupies a central place in his work through the traces of its activities left in the landscape. The photographer thus represents different ways of living in the world, ranging (…)
Haikus, Eternal Peaks and Venerable Trees
13 August

Eternal Peaks Provided one braves the rugged terrain and unpredictable weather, the mountains are a very fertile subject for photographers. The compositions of Michael Kenna eloquently testify to this, particularly those made since 2007 in the Huang Mountains (Huangshan) in eastern China. The (…)
Haikus, Calligraphing the real, Abstractions
10 September

Calligraphing the Real Some photographs by Michael Kenna exist at the boundary between figuration and abstraction. In these compositions, plants or structures (poles, barriers, and others) are arranged against a uniformly white background like musical notes or enigmatic characters. This (…)

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