Night Walk (Untitled 47) [Paperback]

Michael Kenna (Author), Jerome Tarshis (Introduction)

Product Details

• Paperback: 59 pages
• Publisher: Friends of Photography Bookstore (October 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933286511
• ISBN-13: 978-0933286511
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 9.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,308,224 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

For over thirty five years, British born Michael Kenna has been looking at landscapes in ways quite out of the ordinary. His mysterious photographs, often made at dawn or in the dark hours of night, concentrate primarily on the interaction between the ephemeral atmospheric conditions of the natural landscape, and human-made structures and sculptural mass. Kenna is both a diurnal and nocturnal photographer, fascinated by times of day when light is at its most pliant. Using non digital equipment, his night time exposures can last up to ten hours, and his photographs often record details that the human eye is not able to perceive.

Kenna's intimate, exquisitely hand crafted black and white photographic prints reflect a sense of refinement, respect for history, and thorough originality. They have been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums throughout the world and are included in such permanent collections as The National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; The Shanghai Art Museum; and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Over forty books and catalogs have been published on Kenna's work.


Website: www.michaelkenna.com

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Visionary Photographer, April 13, 2000

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This review is from: Night Walk (Untitled 47) (Paperback)

"NightWalk" represents a collection of Kenna's earlier -- and best known -- work. These are Black and White, toned photographs that offer a unique vision and perspective of the natural landscape and some industrial sites. The subjects are always about form and light. Most taken at night or the early dawn or dusk reflect the solitude of that hour. This book -- if you can obtain a copy -- is a must for lovers of fine Black and White photography.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant Little Book, August 8, 2010

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This review is from: Night Walk (Untitled 47) (Paperback)

1988, from the Friends of Photography, San Francisco. Small trade paperback on glossy stock, 59 pp. One of McKenna's first books.

This book was my first exposure to the work of Michael Kenna.

Here we have a number of arresting images in which the photographer takes elements from an urban or rural landscape and transforms them into formal compositions that are spooky yet noble. The play of light and dark, of contrasting textures, and of strong diagonals become the true subjects of the work.

This isn't showboat photography, but the work of an artist whose eye and level of craft manages to transfigure the common world.

(And just when I thought there couldn't be an image that caused me to look at the Eiffel Tower in a new way -- bam -- there it is in Plate 15.)