This beautiful book presents a meditative, arresting, and dazzling collection of 240 black-and-white images of Japan, made over almost 30 years by the internationally renowned photographer Michael Kenna. A rocky coast along the sea of Japan; an immense plain of rice fields in the snow; Mount Fuji towering over misty wooded hills; silent temples devoid of people but brimming with Buddhist deities; a Torii gate mysteriously emerging from moving clouds and water--these are a few images from this remarkable collection of photographs by Michael Kenna, whose black-and-white work is highly renowned. Forms of Japan, brilliantly designed by Yvonne Meyer-Lohr, is organized into chapters simply titled, "Sea," "Land," "Trees," "Spirit," and "Sky." The quietly evocative photographs, often paired with classic haiku poems of Basho, Buson, Issa, and
others, provide a contemplative portrait of a country better known for its energy and industry. Gorgeously reproduced to convey the enormous subtleties that exist in Michael Kenna's traditional black-and-white silver prints, the photographs in this book include both well-known and previously unpublished images from all corners of Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Okinawa, and Shikoku.
##极简的黑白还是美的。
初看是极简的禅,看多了是另一端的张艺谋。
##简直不能再赞,读完立马想捧回家。不仅是图,大师对海(孤立)、大地(力量)、树(变幻)、精神(完整——以宗教事物来表现)、天空(缥缈)的见解、分析、诠释更令人佩服!
##简直不能再赞,读完立马想捧回家。不仅是图,大师对海(孤立)、大地(力量)、树(变幻)、精神(完整——以宗教事物来表现)、天空(缥缈)的见解、分析、诠释更令人佩服!
##读完感受到一股直击心灵的数学之美
##极简的黑白还是美的。
##也太美了吧,京东320元,这个体量四舍五入等于白嫖啊。
##这应该是侘寂呢还是太极呢
##“Studying the way means studying oneself, studying oneself means forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself means becoming one with all existences.” Master Dōgen