Utatane

by Rinko Kawauchi (Photographer)

鯉、雲、カラス、カーテン…なにげない風景、ともすれば見落としてしまいそうな草花や小さな虫たちに目を向ける。ただ日常を撮りながらも、やさしさと隣り合わせに存在する怖さ、生と死を強く感じさせる写真集。なにげない風景、さもすれば見落としてしまいそうな草花や小さな虫たちに目を向ける。

川内倫子のカメラを通すと、ただのグラスがキラキラ光る宝石になり、一匹の蟻がスタイリッシュに変身し、鳩の死骸が恐ろしくて近寄れない空気感を漂わせる。
やさしさと隣り合わせに存在する怖さ。生と死を強く感じさせる一冊。

Genres: Photography

128 pages, Softcover

First published November 1, 2001

About the author

Rinko Kawauchi is a contemporary Japanese photographer known for her lyrical images of elemental subjects. Based in the Shinto religion as well as the works of Irving Penn, Kawauchi’s photographs capture ordinary moments with a profound almost hallucinatory perspective. “From the black ocean comes the appearance of light and waves. It helps you imagine birth,” she has mused. “I want imagination in the photographs I take. It’s like a prologue. You wonder, ‘What’s going on?’ You feel something is going to happen.”

Born on April 6, 1972 in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, she began pursuing photography while attending the Seian College of Art and Design in Osaka during the early 1990s. Working mainly in advertising for a number of years after graduating, Kawauchi published her first photo book in 2001 and went on to release several others, including Illuminance (2011), Ametsuchi (2013), and Halo (2017). She currently lives and works in Tokyo, Japan. Today, Kawauchi’s works are held in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Huis Marseille in Amsterdam, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, among others.

Reviews

[Sara Larrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es una pasada de foto-libro, quiero tatuarmelo en las pestañas. Lo cotidiano, el día a día que pasa con su familia, sus hijos. EL FORMATO CUADRADO de las fotos.

[lex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kawauchi finds beauty in the everyday. Simply delightful.