Issue #1 Winter 2002
4 Photographs
by Hiroshi Watanabe
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Air Force Academy,Colorado Springs |
Blue Lagoon,Iceland |
Santa Monica Pier2 |
Supreme Court,Washington DC |
(click on images to enlarge)
Artist's Statement
My
photographs reflect both genuine interest in my subject as well as a respect for
the element of serendipity. I strive for both calculation and discovery in my
work, studying my subjects in preparation, while at the same time keeping my
mind open for the surprises.
The pure enjoyment of this process drives and inspires me. Mostly, I seek to
capture people, traditions, and locales that first and foremost are of personal
interest, while other times I seek pure beauty. I wish for my images to distill
scenes ranging from the ephemeral to the eternal, from the esoteric to the
symbolic.
A current that underlies my work is the concept of preservation. I make every
effort to be a faithful visual recorder of the world around me, a world in flux
that, at very least in my mind, deserves preservation, and that I constantly
seek to expand.
©2000 Hiroshi Watanabe
Hiroshi Watanabe is a Los Angeles-based photographer whose work has been exhibited in galleries across the United States. His web-site is located at <www.hiroshiwatanabe.com>.