RISAKU SUZUKI - SAKURA

RISAKU SUZUKI
SAKURA

Published by Edition Nord, 2016
Book Size 26.5 x 39.7 cm
Pages 58 pages
Binding Perfect binding, Cardboard cover, Box case
ISBN978-4-908435-07-2

Together with “White” and “Between the Sea and the Mountain”, Sakura forms one of the main representative series of Risaku Suzuki's 20 year long body of work.
In Sakura, Suzuki focuses on the cherry blossom, the one flower most familiar with his Japanese audience and simultaneously one of the most trite and ordinary photographic motifs available. Suzuki's choice to focus on the cherry blossoms may well be a decision to sharpen his own artistic sensibilities.

The photobook, published by Edition Nord, is a light, bright, beautiful examination of the cherry flower, from both a more direct, earnest approach and - with some of the photos completely taken over by blurred out close-ups - in a self- aware, meta-commentary kind of manner. Most of the works in the book have been photographed in 2016, with additional photographs shot at later dates

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Along with "White" and "Between the Sea and the Mountain", "Sakura" forms one of the main representative series of Risaku Suzuki's work.
In Sakura, Suzuki focuses on the cherry blossom, the flower most familiar to his Japanese audience and at the same time one of the most mundane and ordinary photographic motifs available. Suzuki's choice to focus on cherry blossoms may well be a decision to sharpen his own artistic sensibilities.

The photobook, published by Edition Nord, is a light, bright and beautiful examination of the cherry blossom, both from a more direct and serious approach and – with some of the photos completely taken over by blurred close-ups – in a self-conscious sort of meta-commentary. Most of the works in the book were photographed in 2016, with additional photographs taken at later dates.