Michael Kenna
Posted: September 16, 2008 // Photography + Video

I can’t remember how I came across the photos of Michael Kenna, but I instantly became smitten with their haunting simplicity. As you can see above his photos are extremely minimal, a wash of cream with black objects poking up here and there. My favorites are his series from Hokkaido, Japan which were taken there in the winter, obviously to give him even more white to use. His website has a ton of his work, starting with this year and going back as far as 1976!

I also came across this YouTube video talking about Michael and his process. I would like to say that video is kind of pretentious sounding and maybe he takes himself a little too seriously, but it’s always nice to see the behind-the-scenes of a cool photographer.

Bobby

6 Comments »

1. nice find.

   Comment by felix — September 16, 2008 #

2. [...] Simple, Haunting, Gorgeous [Michael Kenna Photography via Kitsune Noir] [...]

   Pingback by The Litmus « The Dapper Alchemist — September 17, 2008 #

3. [...] digging the ghostly, muted tones of Michael Kenna’s work.  Much more is on his [...]

   Pingback by Fredericton Designers » Blog Archive » Saturday Photography: Bumblebees to balsa wood — October 4, 2008 #

4. Thanks for sharing, you might get a bit more traffic – John Nack posted a link here on his blog.

   Comment by keith — October 4, 2008 #

5. [...] digging the ghostly, muted tones of Michael Kenna’s work.  Much more is on his [...]

   Pingback by unsharpmasked » » Saturday Photography: Bumblebees to balsa wood — October 13, 2008 #

6. I really like his works too!

   Comment by Olga — March 15, 2009 #

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