A mysterious photographer's whisper in his ears, constructing a restrained eternity through the tranquility carried by the sky, the roots and ripples. The traces of time left by these works are still in the picture, rendering a unique outline in the moment of freedom and chaos, while purifying the secluded hidden in memory.
Japanese photographer Yamamoto Masao , famous for his small frame photos. He is good at using plants, human bodies and ground as the themes, and depicts a very Zen impression smoothly and silently. In Yamamoto's works, the images he captured are like calling for memory, mixed with a hazy and unknown sense of concealment. The photographer dyes the actual photo and even mixes it into tea. The processed images form a picture-like artistic conception, blurring the boundaries between photography and painting.
1957 Born in Kagu City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Masao Yamamoto started learning oil paintings, and later became a freelance photographer. It began exhibitions around the world in the 1990s and has gained a great international reputation. Through the connection between man and nature, the exquisite and compact images are derived, becoming a famous feature of unique indicators.
These small-sized works have always been famous features of photographers. The photos record people's tiny memories, and this is a size suitable for holding in the palm of your hand. If we can hold this photo, it means we can retain this memory. At the same time, they also seem to be fragments in reality. The story we pick up these fragments and finally pieced together happens to reflect this huge world.
