Monday, June 10, 2024 – Wednesday, August 7, 2024
With the spread of smartphones and social media, the number of people taking photographs has increased remarkably. As a consequence, it seems that many believe that anyone can take a photograph simply by snapping the shutter, and that the photograph is the same, whoever takes it. Of course, if one snaps the shutter, a photograph can be taken. But it is also undeniable that there are photographs that only a certain person can take.
Christopher Burkett (born 1950 in Canada) uses an 8×10 inch large format camera to make photographs of archetypal American scenes. In Cottonwood and Light, a single tree is photographed, standing quietly. The rock face in the background is completely in shadow, so we can tell the tree is backlit. When photographing something that is backlit, the front of the object is often in shadow, but light comes around to fall on the tree and the ground, displaying beautiful color. I am only surmising, but it is likely that a rock face like the one in the background stands before the tree. I think light reflected off the rock and the ground to illuminate the tree.
Michael Kenna (born 1953 in England) is known as photographer who creates magical landscapes in black and white. Sakura and Full Moon, Urakawa, Hokkaido was photographed on the night of a full moon, as the title suggests. The moon appears as a streak of light, so we can tell that the shutter was kept open for a number of hours. Despite the fact that the shutter was open for a long time, the cherry tree in the foreground is largely free of blur. We can see that he chose a night when, in addition to there being a full moon, the moon rose behind the tree and there was no wind.
As seen in these two photographs, it is rare for the day, the hour, and the timing to line up in this way. Photographers continue to gaze at the scenes before them, while grappling with nature and weather that are beyond human control. And then, when they encounter a miraculous moment that will never be repeated, they capture the scene in a photograph, using skills they have honed. Photographs created in such a way clearly stand apart from those that are taken by simply snapping the shutter. As well, when we stand as viewers before works like these, they make us feel as if we had been present at that very scene ourselves.
This exhibition offers the opportunity to view masterpieces of landscape photography from the Shadai Gallery collection, created by leading photographers from Japan and abroad, through their unique perspectives and skills.
Planned and organized by Katsukura Ryota
Ansel Adams
Tenaya Creek, Dogwood,Rain, Yosemite Vally, c. 1948
Gelatin silver print
Ansel Adams
Unicorn Peak,Thunderclouds, Yosemite Vally, c. 1967
Gelatin silver print
Ansel Adams
Ferns, Valley Floor, Yosemite Vally, 1948
Gelatin silver print
Ansel Adams
Yosemite Falls, Profile, Yosemite Vally
(Upper Yosemite Falls, from Fern Ledge, Yosemite Vally), 1946
Gelatin silver print
Ansel Adams
Vernal Fall, Yosemite Vally, c. 1948
Gelatin silver print
Ansel Adams
EI Captian, Winter, Yosemite Vally, c. 1948
Gelatin silver print
Ansel Adams
Thunderstorm, Yosemite Vally, 1940
Gelatin silver print
Ansel Adams
Mirror Lake, Yosemite Vally, 1925
Gelatin silver print
Ansel Adams
Aspen, Northern New Mexico, 1938
Gelatin silver print
Branko Lenart
Subjective Topographie, Karawanken, 1980
Gelatin silver print
Branko Lenart
Subjective Topographie, Semriach, 1980
Gelatin silver print
Yoshiyasu Suzuka
“WIND MANDARA”, Nanseicho, Honshu, 1998
Chromogenic Print
Yoshiyasu Suzuka
“WIND MANDARA”, Santa Monica, USA, 1989
Chromogenic Print
Ernst Haas
“The Creation”, Vermont, 1969
Dye transfer print
Ernst Haas
“The Creation”, Kenya, 1970
Dye transfer print
Ernst Haas
“The Creation”, Nairobi, Kenya, 1970
Dye transfer print
Ernst Haas
“The Creation”, Island of Kyushu, Japan, 1981
Dye transfer print
Minor White
Beginnings, Rochester, New York, 1962
Gelatin silver print
Minor White
Sun Over the Pacific, Devil’s Slide, 1947
Gelatin silver print
Minor White
Birdlime and Surf, Point Lobos, California, 1951
Gelatin silver print
Minor White
Ivy, Portland, Oregon, 1964
Gelatin silver print
Michael Kenna
Sakura and Full Moon, Urakawa, Hokkaido, Japan, 2015
Gelatin silver print
Michael Kenna
Maple Leaves, Eikando Zenrinji , Kyoto, Honshu, Japan, 2001
Gelatin silver print
Michael Kenna
Sakurajima Volcano, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, 2002
Gelatin silver print
Michael Kenna
Freezing Morning, Kussharo Lake, Hokkaido, Japan, 2014
Gelatin silver print
Koichiro Kurita
Summer Grass, Lozere, France, 1996
Platinum Print
Koichiro Kurita
Haze, San Juan River, New Mexico, USA, 2001
Platinum Print
Koichiro Kurita
Round, Boundary Waters, Minnesota, USA, 2001
Platinum Print
Taishi Hirokawa
“TIME SCAPES”, toward south-southwest Valle de la Luna Atacama Chile, May 3-4, 2000, 2000
Gelatin silver print
Taishi Hirokawa
“TIME SCAPES”, toward west-northwest Mt.Fuji Shizuoka, December 28-29, 2013, 2013
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Burkett
Fir and Snow, Wyoming, 1989
Silver dye bleach print
Christopher Burkett
Red Vines, Green Grasses, Vermont, 1989
Silver dye bleach print
Christopher Burkett
Cottonwood and Light, Utah, 1987
Silver dye bleach print
Christopher Burkett
Green and Gold Floating Leaves, Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona, 1989
Silver dye bleach print
Christopher Burkett
Red Woodbine at Sunset, Vermont, 1989
Silver dye bleach print
Christopher Burkett
Twilight and Alpenglow on Rock Wall, Tennessee, 1989
Silver dye bleach print
Caj Bremer
Untitled, 不明
Silver dye bleach print
Caj Bremer
Untitled, 不明
Silver dye bleach print
Caj Bremer
Untitled, 不明
Silver dye bleach print
Caj Bremer
Untitled, 不明
Silver dye bleach print
Caj Bremer
Untitled, 不明
Silver dye bleach print
William A. Garnett
Sand Dunes with Snow No.1, Colorado,1983, 1983
Gelatin silver print
Robert K. Byers
Spotted Lake, Osoyoos, Columbia, Canada, 1982
Gelatin silver print
Michael Di Biase
Paraclete, 不明
Gelatin silver print
Morley Baer
Farm Knoll, Capay Valley, California, 1975
Gelatin silver print
Guus Rijven
Dogset, 1991
Gelatin silver print
Paul Den Hollander
Antwerpen, 1979
Gelatin silver print
Edward Steichen
Lotus Pond, Mount Kisco, New York, 1915
Gelatin silver print
Robin Lasser
Consuming Landscapes, 1995
Chromogenic Print
Kenro Izu
Angkor #79, Bayon, 1994
Platinum Print
Kenro Izu
Angkor #71, Ta Prohm, 1994
Platinum Print
Kenro Izu
Kailash, Tibet, 2000
Platinum Print
Paul Strand
Driveway, Orgeval, 1957
Gelatin silver print
Paul Strand
Fungus, Orgeval, 1967
Gelatin silver print
Paul Strand
Yellow Vine and Rock Plants, Orgeval, 1960
Gelatin silver print
Paul Strand
Crocus and Primroses, Orgeval, 1957
Gelatin silver print
Paul Strand
The Happy Family, Orgeval, 1958
Gelatin silver print
Paul Strand
Iris Facing the Winter, Orgeval, 1973
Gelatin silver print
Paul Strand
The Garden, Orgeval, 1964
Gelatin silver print
