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YAMAZAKI Hiroshi 山崎 博

In this series of long exposure photographs, maintaining a fixed relationship between the position of the sun, the sakura (cherry tree and cherry blossoms) and the camera throughout the course of a day was the framework; the photographs were shot by moving the camera in step with the motion of the sun. YAMAZAKI’s concept was not to create a film version of conventional images of sakura; rather, he imagined “Freeing the cherry tree from the earth and showing the light of the vast sky with it.” He sought the image of “sakura as the essential principle of the camera straightforwardly captures it.” In Sakura (1990), he used a telescopic lens consisting of four tele-conversion lenses and a zoom lens to photograph sakura with the sun in the background. This series, which began with his 1989 video, has developed further, with Sakura EQUIVALENT (1993) and Sakura EQUIVALENT ON COLOR (1995).
Collection of
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Series title
CHERRY BLOSSOM - EQUIVALENT ON COLOR
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Artist Name
YAMAZAKI Hiroshi
Year
1995
Material / Technique
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
265x508mm
Accession number
10100955
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum “Search the Collection”
https://collection.topmuseum.jp/Publish/detailPage/18229/

About the creator

山崎博 / YAMAZAKI Hiroshi

from Art Platform Japan: https://artplatform.go.jp/resources/collections/artists/A2025

Date of birth
1946-09-21
Birth place
Nagano Prefecture
Date of death
2017-06-05
Medium
Photography
Gender
male
Update date
2023-02-13

Identifiers

APJ ID
A2025
VIAF ID
19572283
AKL ID
1761204c-07b3-4d4a-84c5-0516dea69416
NDL ID
00136645
Wikidata ID
Q5771121

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