Michael Kenna

Michael Kenna

Joe Seck
Art 227
9/30/20


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Michael Kenna is known for his black and white landscape photos, the way he does his photos consist of taking photos at early dawn or sometime in the night. His photos give some sort of a ethereal feeling, he does this by having a long exposure time of around 10-12 hours. Which is a crazy amount of time, but is so worth for the outcome of his photos, most of which remind me of my fathers work which he would hang around the house. 


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This photo is the first picture in Kenna's collection that really caught my eye. This photos focus is of the trees towards the right of the frame. The trees have what look like some sort of tractor trails going towards the camera, but there is another thing in this photo that captures my interest. This being the trees in the left part of the picture. This photo gives me the feeling of someone being left out. I feel that the trees in focus are the trees that everyone wants to see while the trees in the back left are out of focus, while the trees in focus seem darker than the rest of the picture, giving off a sort of ominous vibe.


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