SAKIKO NOMURA - TRÄUMEREI

SAKIKO NOMURA
TRAUMA

Published by Benrido, 2024
Size 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Portfolio of 6 collotypes, black and white

This portfolio by Sakiko Nomura includes 6 black and white collotypes, including 5 dipticals.

The title 'Träumerei' refers to a musical composition for piano by Robert Schumann, and means 'dream' or 'reverie'. As these words suggest, the six works presented here are characterized by a dreamy combination of travel memories and intimacy. Although these images were taken all over the world (Japan, India, Spain), the movement they provoke in the viewer is first and foremost internal: the strangely harmonious diptych combination of the tenderness of the nudes and the brutality of the city plunges us into the world that Sakiko Nomura has woven since the beginning of her career, and which this portfolio presents with great delicacy.

Printed by Benrido in Kyoto, one of the last remaining workshops in the world to use the 19th-century French technique known as "collotype", each image in Träumerei has incredibly deep, soft tones, which blend skilfully with the dreaminess of Sakiko Nomura's photographs.

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This portfolio by Sakiko Nomura consists of 6 black and white collotypes, including 5 diptychs.

The title “ Träumerei ” refers to a piano composition by Robert Schumann, and means “dream” or “daydreaming.” As these words suggest, the six works presented here are characterized by a dreamy blend of travel memories and intimacy. While these images were taken around the world (Japan, India, Spain), the movement they provoke in their viewer is above all internal: the strangely harmonious diptych association of the tenderness of the nudes and the brutality of the city immerses us in the universe that Sakiko Nomura has woven since the beginning of her career and that this portfolio presents with delicacy.

Printed by Benrido in Kyoto, one of the last workshops in the world practicing the 19th-century French technique called “collotype,” each image in Träumerei has incredibly deep and soft tones, blending skillfully with the dreamy quality of Sakiko Nomura’s photographs.