PIPELINE AUSTRALIA 2015
With Google's Street View, image search, and VR, it is no longer difficult to get an approximate experience of a place without going there. However, no matter how advanced the technology becomes, photographers may still be the ones who transport themselves to the location and press the shutter.
Photographer.Gentaro Ishizukais one of them, and he continues to photograph his own landscapes as he travels the world, focusing on original motifs such as pipelines, glaciers, and the gold rush.
PIPELINE AUSTRALIA 2015
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PIPELINE ICELAND 2011
A solo exhibition by Gentaro Ishizuka will be held at Gallery 916, curated by photographer Yoshihiko Ueda and offering a rich photographic experience that fully utilizes the 600-square meter space.
The exhibition will feature over 30 large-format prints from his early works to new works photographed in Austria this year, mainly focusing on the Pipeline Project, which was the starting point of his pursuit of the 1,280 km-long oil pipeline that runs through Alaska.
PIPELINE ALASKA 2011
PIPELINE ALASKA 2011
In addition, in the Gallery 916 small space, the latest work in the "N/P" series, which focuses on familiar objects in contrast to dynamic landscapes, attempts to visualize a world in which negatives and positives are inextricably linked by appearing as two sides of the same print. P" series, which attempts to visualize the inextricably linked worlds of negative and positive prints.
N/P 2016
Below is Mr. Ishizuka's statement.
I started photographing pipeline landscapes in the Arctic Circle of Alaska. I was amazed at the 1,280 km of pipelines running through the continent to transport oil, and I realized that similar landscapes existed all over the world. From Alaska to Iceland, Australia to Austria. I have now documented such landscapes in four countries.
The pipeline in the photo, stretching straight out into the wilderness, reminds me of a pencil line drawn on a blank sheet of paper. The title of the exhibition, "Demarcation," was chosen for this reason. The dictionary meaning of the word is "demarcation, boundary," and it refers to an area or difference created by placing something where there is nothing. In the space of "Gallery 916," which consists of a small box-like space and a large corridor-like space, I wanted to exhibit photographs of pipelines from around the world in the large space and my new work "N/P" in the small darkroom-like space.
In this work, the negative and positive images are made visible on the same print, as if the shadows of objects are inverted without leaving the house. In the world of photography, which is becoming increasingly digitalized, the photographic technique of negative-positive inversion, which has been cultivated for about 170 years, seems to me to be very important. It is with this in mind that I have begun work on this project.
N/P 2016
This is a rare opportunity to see the beautiful landscapes that he has been traveling to remote areas to photograph in the quiet and luxurious space of "916. This is a must-see project for those who know the importance of the moment and how to confront a photograph in any space.
And what and how did Mr. Ishizuka, who has been continuously moving from place to place, photograph by staying at home? Perhaps this will be a turning point in Mr. Ishizuka's career.
Text_Shinri Kobayashi
Mototaro Ishizuka Photo Exhibition "Demarcation
Period: ~March 26 (Sun.)
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©Gentaro Ishizuka
Gentaro Ishizuka
Born in Tokyo in 1977, Koyama uses 8x10 and other large-format film cameras to create unique images of current themes, crossing the line between documentary and art. In recent years, he has photographed unique landscapes in polar regions such as Alaska and Iceland, using glaciers, pipelines, and the gold rush as motifs, etc. In 2004, he was awarded the Newcomer's Prize of the Photographic Society of Japan, and in 2011, he was an overseas artist-in-residence by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. In 2014, he won the Higashikawa New Photographer Award for his photo collection "PIPELINE ICELAND/ALASKA" ((, published by Kodansha Ltd. )), which is a compilation of his early work. He also won the Grand Prix at the Steidl Book Award Japan in 2016, and his new work "GOLD RUSH ALASKA" will be published by STEIDL in Germany in the fall of 2017.
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