In his largest exhibition to date, Michael Kenna presents 'Japan/A Love Story' at Blue Lotus Gallery in Hong Kong, featuring 100 silver gelatin prints that reflect his 40-year love affair with Japan's landscapes and cultural heritage. Known for his evocative black-and-white imagery, Kenna captures a meditative stillness amid life's chaos. He highlights the rich emotional and atmospheric qualities of Asia, expresses his admiration for Japan's aesthetics and spiritual dimensions, and shares the unpredictable nature of his analog photography process, which fuels his creative exploration.
Michael Kenna's 'Japan/A Love Story' exhibition showcases 100 silver gelatin prints that encapsulate his four-decade journey exploring Japan's landscapes, traditions, and spiritual essence.
Kenna expresses his fascination with Japan's aesthetics and spiritual depth, describing northern Hokkaido in winter as a stark sumi-e ink painting—a place he fell in love with.
His use of analogue photography allows for creative unpredictability, where doubt leads to discovery, and simplicity emerges from the complexity of the natural world.
Kenna emphasizes a connection to nature through symbols like torii gates, representing the Shinto belief that deities exist in natural elements like earth and water.
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