Colors mizutani captures everyday scenes, which are nevertheless curious or strange, in vibrantly colored and graphically composed photographs. Vivid flashes of bright green flock in the trees and skies of tokyo, the descendants of tropical aliens brought to japans biggest metropolis as pets four decades ago. See more ideas about photography, contemporary photography and tokyo japan. Ver mas ideas sobre fotografia, imagenes creativas, tubo fluorescente. Using social media, his approach to photography involves regularly updating his photo stream, following other users, and reposting images. His second book collects images from the series colors, which he shot focusing on color and forms and posted on tumblr daily over four years. Photographs by, and interview with yoshinori mizutani. Like dreams or hallucinations, mizutani s birds saturate the city with their presence and restore part of its mystery.
His photographs capture the strange urban landscapes and uncanny feeling created by the parakeetsf presence. See more ideas about photography, contemporary photography and japanese photography. His second book collects images from the series colors, which he shot focusing on color. In this virtual deluge of images, appearance takes prec. Jul 05, 2014 when yoshinori mizutani moved to tokyo, he was surprised by the number of brightly coloured parrots in the city, writes kathryn bromwich. Having grown up in a rural environment, mizutani is always on a quest for nature in tokyo. View colors 044 by yoshinori mizutani sold at photographs on london auction 19 may 2016. With his bright flash and distinct color palette, mizutanis print, yusurika 064 2014, captures the natural beauty of a bird in flight through the trees.
Nov 9, 2016 this pin was discovered by zoe pawlisch. Yoshinori mizutani yusurika by yoshinori mizutani 2015. He has won a number of prestigious awards including japan photo award in 20 as well as foam talent call and lens culture emerging. Since being selected for the influential danish foam magazinehosted talent call in 2014, mizutani has been included in numerous group exhibitions in europe and the middle east. Yoshinori mizutani japan tokyo parrots photo phnom penh. Jun 30, 2015 this pin was discovered by hou wen su. This weeks book of the week pick comes from irina rozovsky who has selected tokyo parrots by yoshinori mizutani from amana. I found out that these parakeets were brought to japan in the 1960s and 1970s from tropical regions to be sold. Using forms, textures, planes, and colored nuances, the photographer creates a visual vocabulary that is both poetic and pop, on the edge of the fantastical. With his bright flash and distinct color palette, mizutanis print, yusurika 064. See more ideas about photography, contemporary photography, photo. Tokyo parrots, another of his previous series about the flocks of feral parrots that have taken over tokyo.
Having grown up in a rural environment, the artist yoshinori mizutani s 1987, japan is always on a quest for nature in tokyo. When japanese photographer yoshinori mizutani moved to tokyo, he was surprised by the number of brightly coloured parrots in the city. City of strangers, a project that meditates on the. Yoshinori mizutani colors japanese and english hardcover february 6, 2015 by edited author 4. Yusurika photographs and text by yoshinori mizutani. Taxi dirty book 2014, tokyo parrots 2014, colors 2015. Tokyo parrots 2014, colors 2015, yusurika 2015, and hanon. Last year he was selected by foam in the annual talent call, allowing him to grow from an online platform to a highly selective and elitist one and, in 2014, he became one.
Yoshinori mizutani is a japanese emerging photographer, born in fukui in 1987. Colors yoshinori mizutani moom bookshop photobooks. Yoshinori mizutani colors japanese and english edited on. In his search, he discovered the yusurika captured in this new series, which turns nature seen in the city into a. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library. Theres no pretension, theres no elitism or shyness, theres no artificial humilitymizutani knows who he is and how he feels. There are mainly two ways of showing photography, one is an exhibition, and the other is a photo book. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. Yoshinori mizutani artist bio and art for sale artspace. In colors and tokyo parrots, yoshinori mizutani captures everyday scenes, which are nevertheless curious or strange, in vibrantly colored and graphically composed photographs. Learn more about the piece and artist, and its final selling price. For me, reading photo books was a trigger to becoming a photographer so that it would interest media and also enable me to express my works. With this photobook, yoshinori mizutani aims to create and explore images from the world beyond our senses with a camera.
Yoshinori mizutani, as told to alexander strecker editors note. Mizutani is an upandcoming artist who is receiving increased attention domestically and internationally. Mizutani graduated from the tokyo college of photography in 2012. In his constant search for aspects of the natural world in the midst of the bustling metropolis, he discovered the buzzer midge yusurika, a tiny insect that allows him to transform the city into a sparkling. Colors, an interview with yoshinori mizutani on how he became interested in photography.
Buy art at exclusive members only pricing at the leading online contemporary art marketplace. With his bright flash and distinct color palette, mizutani s print, yusurika 064 2014, captures the natural beauty of a. Yoshinori mizutani s 1987, japan works suggest new expressive possibilities that mix the domestic traditions of personal and street photography with those of foreign conceptual photography. In yoshinori mizutani s book tokyo parrots we find the japanese photographer illustrate his rapid ascent in the photography world through photographs of green parrots. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. From ima gallery, yoshinori mizutani, tokyo parrots 005 20, archival pigment print. Education 2012 graduated from tokyo college of photography 2010 graduated from nihon university collage of economics selected solo exhibitions 2016 hanon, ima concept store, tokyo 2016 rain, webber gallery, london 2016 colors yusurika, aura gallery, beijing 2016 sakura, ibasho gallery, antwerp 2016 tokyo parrots colors paris. Mizutani s work, along with photographs from all the lensculture emerging talents 2014 was shown in an exhibition at the galeria valid foto in barcelona. He uses the cameras hdr setting, meaning three images are captured with different exposure settings, which are then automatically. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Yoshinori mizutani relative to artists in the us, theres a very refreshing nature to yoshinori mizutanis approach on his work. Yoshinori mizutani yusurika by yoshinori mizutani 20151209 yoshinori mizutani on. Mizutani captures everyday scenes, which are nevertheless curious or strange, in vibrantly colored and graphically composed photographs.
Yoshinori mizutani was moved by and became obsessed with the unusual population growth of lime green parakeets in tokyo. In mizutani s images, flocks of great cormorants perched on the overhead power lines, which are a ubiquitous element of the tokyo sky, become silhouettes that resemble musical notes on a score. Buy yoshinori mizutani colors book online at low prices. In his constant search for aspects of the natural world in the midst of the bustling metropolis, he discovered the buzzer midg. This is the first photo book by the upandcoming mizutani. Photo books make you experience the world which artists present, which differs from the exhibition. Following tokyo parrots and colors, yoshinori mizutani s eagerly awaited new series yusurika is shot in tokyo. Yoshinori mizutanis fear and parakeets in tokyo in.
See more ideas about photography, contemporary photography and night photography. Colors signed imperfect photobook yoshinori mizutani. I felt as if id walked into the alfred hitchcock film the birds. Yoshinori nagumo author of ein leerer magen macht gesund. He moved to tokyo to work and study, graduating from the tokyo college of photography in 2012. Perched, in flight, swarming, delicate, whimsical, and stunning. According to ivan vartanian, tokyobased photographer yoshinori mizutani is part of the tumblr generation of photographers. Yoshinori mizutanis photographic work explores expressive possibilities that mix the traditions of diaristic and street photography with a conceptual practice. If youd like to see more work like this, wed recommend these previous features. Buy yoshinori mizutani colors book online at best prices in india on. Colors photographs by, and interview with yoshinori mizutani. From ima gallery, yoshinori mizutani, colors 028 20, archival pigment print, 27.
When i saw hundreds of parakeets swarming in the sky, i was struck by fear. This work is a few years old now, the book still in print, originally published by ima photobooks in 2014. Tight framing and vivid colors give these images a certain strangeness. The parrots were taken to tokyo as pets in the 70s from tropical regions such as india and sri lanka, and the citys trees are now inhabited by feral parakeets. Mizutani s works suggest new expressive possibilities that mix the domestic traditions of personal and street. At age eighteen, yoshinori mizutani moved to tokyo after having grown up in a small town surrounded by rich wildlife and nature. Yoshinori mizutani s photographic work explores expressive possibilities that mix the traditions of diaristic and street photography with a conceptual practice. Once at a natural history museum i stumbled on two tiny, taxidermied birds and a simple but astounding discovery. Tokyo parrots by yoshinori mizutani tipi photo bookshop. Mizutanis work, along with photographs from all the lensculture emerging talents 2014 was shown in an exhibition at the galeria valid foto in barcelona. In fact, the book of the series was titled hanon in reference to the french piano instruction book. Education 2012 graduated from tokyo college of photography 2010 graduated from nihon university collage of economics selected solo exhibitions 2016 hanon, ima concept store, tokyo 2016 rain, webber gallery, london 2016 colors yusurika, aura gallery, beijing 2016 sakura, ibasho gallery, antwerp 2016 tokyo parrots colors.