Publisher: Éditions Xavier Barral
As a master of landscape photography, Michael Kenna’s images reveal a world that is almost ephemeral—one where translucent light shrouds nature in mystery, and distant islands, rivers, and even peaks emerge from afar. “In all my work there is a certain prevailing theme that has something to do with memory, with time, with change.” Birds glide above, tracing aerial figures across soft skies, resting on a branch, or gracefully flying over mist-covered waters. Suspended flight, moments held still—a time frozen and immutable.
Shades of grey and a deep focus lend Kenna’s photographs a subtly melancholic tone. Everything is silence. Like paintings in the grand classical tradition, Kenna’s bird photographs reflect a nature devoid of any human presence, a realm ruled solely by birds.
