Risaku Suzuki - Kumano

by David Moerman

Beautiful photographs of remote Kumano, one of the most sacred religious sites in Japan, whose three shrines have been a destination of pilgrims for over a thousand years. "Risaku Suzuki (1963) began actively exploring the medium of photography in the mid-1980s. In 1990, he held his first solo exhibition, and in 1998, he published his first photographic book, KUMANO (Korinsha Press), which looked at his native Kumano region of Japan. KUMANO took the form of a narrative sequence, as did his PILES OF TIME (Korinsha Press), published in the following year. His approach won acclaim as a new form of photographic expression, and in 2000, he received the 25th Kimura Ihei Award for photography. Suzuki has since continued to explore photography’s special character as a medium and portrayed a wide range of subjects—sacred places in Japan, Mont Sainte Victoire in southern France, cherry blossoms, snow, and Cezanne’s studio—taking a different approach for each."--Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art website.

108 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 1998