Taishi Hirokawa
dal 31/10/2003 al 5/12/2003
Segnalato da
31/10/2003
Taishi Hirokawa
White Room, Hollywood
Timescapes. Time flies. It is constantly rushing towards, over, and past us as we negotiate our lives. But photographer Taishi Hirokawa has found a way to stop time, or rather capture a large chuck of time and present it in an unusual and unique form through his amazing time-lapse photographs. Using a large format camera custom made to his specifications, he has managed to compress the eternal passage of time into a single image, giving us a peek into the unimaginable immensity of the universe.
'Timescapes'
Time flies. It is constantly rushing towards, over, and past us as we
negotiate our lives. But photographer Taishi Hirokawa has found a way to
stop time, or rather capture a large chuck of time and present it in an
unusual and unique form through his amazing time-lapse photographs. Using a
large format camera custom made to his specifications, he has managed to
compress the eternal passage of time into a single image, giving us a peek
into the unimaginable immensity of the universe.
Hirokawa makes two exposures on each film, one a daylight image of a
rock-strewn landscape, the other a time exposure of the midnight stars
swirling overhead. The result is a surreal image that combines two immense
themes. Our home planet was created eons ago from a boiling cauldron of
primal elements, and the ageless rocks that Hirokawa photographs remind us
of this ancient heritage. Then, long after these daylight exposures are
made, with the earth shrouded in darkness, he opens his lens all night to
capture the star tracks circling overhead. The light from these distant
stars must travel thousands of years to reach his camera, and their motion
reveals our insignificant place on this backwater spiral towards the outer
fringes of our galaxy. Thatx{2019}s the kind of thinking Hirokawa's photographs
inspires.
White Room Gallery proudly presents 'Timescapes', the latest work from this
ingenious Tokyo-based photographer. Mr. Hirokawa's work has been avidly
sought by such notable museums as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
Los Angeles country Museum of Art, and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of
Photography. His books include 'Timescapes,' 'Sonomama, Sonomama,' and
'Still Crazy,' a look at nuclear power plants in the Japanese landscape.
November 1 - December 5, 2003
Opening Reception: Saturday, Nov. 1
6:00- 8:00 PM
WHITE ROOM GALLERY
8810 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Ph: 310 859-2402 Fax: 310 859-0197