Michael Kenna
One thing I noticed about Michael Kenna’s work is that all of his photographs are in black and white. He has also been to a lot of places in the world! Michael Kenna was born in England in 1953 and has won several awards throughout his photography life and held numerous exhibitions, both one- person and group exhibitions. I really like his style, it’s edgy and stunning. I am guessing he uses long shutter exposures to achieve his specific look. Since the photos are black and white, it makes the photo more dramatic and because of this, at first glance it is hard to determine what it in the picture.
Ferro de Gondola | Venice, Italy, 2006 | Italy portfolio |
When I first looked at this on the website, I was like ‘what the heck’! But it wasn’t until I opened it and saw that it was a gondola that I actually knew what it was. This is one of the few slightly abstracted photos on Michael Kenna’s website. All of Michael Kenna’s photos have incredible lighting, this one is no exception; it looks like he has used the vignette tool in Photoshop to create the darkened effect on the edges of the photo. This photo makes me want to just drop out of school, move to Italy and live a simple life. It is nor happy, nor sad photo. It doesn’t state what brand or model of camera or any equipment he uses on the website.
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