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Artist: Michael Kenna
Artist: Michael Berman
Namiko, Study 3, Japan,
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ten years ago, after a particularly tumultuous period in his life, Michael Kenna quietly made a decision to expand his photographic practice to include the human form. Kenna is well known for his minimalistic landscapes, and has been vocal in the past about the absence of the human figure in his photographs stating, "I feel they gave away the scale and became the main focus of the viewer’s attention." But, believing "fixed dogma is not a creative tool...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Pine Trees, Study 4, Wolcheon, Gangwondo, South Korea, silver gelatin print
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pine Trees, Study 4, Wolcheon, Gangwondo, South Korea, silver gelatin print Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Red Crown Crane Feeding, Tsurui, Hokkaido, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Spire, Notre Dame, Paris, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver print Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His ima...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Olivia's Tree, Study 1, Meursault, Bourgogne, France
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Quayside, Study 2, Bosham, West Sussex, England
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chrysler Building, Study 3, New York, New York, USA
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount margin recto. Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered in pencil with the artist's stamp in black ink on mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Flatiron Building, Study 2, New York, New York, USA
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount margin recto. Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered in pencil with the artist's stamp in black ink on mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Torii Gate, Study 4, Shosanbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver print Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His ima...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Namiko, Study 2, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ten years ago, after a particularly tumultuous period in his life, Michael Kenna quietly made a decision to expand his photographic practice to include the human form. Kenna is well known for his minimalistic landscapes, and has been vocal in the past about the absence of the human figure in his photographs stating, "I feel they gave away the scale and became the main focus of the viewer’s attention." But, believing "fixed dogma is not a creative tool...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mountaintop Buddha, Pindaya, Myanmar
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery t...
Category

1980s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Barge Passing, Paris, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount margin recto. Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered in pencil with the artist's stamp in black ink on mo...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Brooklyn Bridge, Study 1, New York, USA by Michael Kenna, 2006
Located in Dallas, TX
Brooklyn Bridge, Study 1, New York, USA by Michael Kenna presents a dramatic scene. The Brooklyn Bridge stretches across the sky, leading to the New York City skyline on the horizon....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Le Desert de Retz, Study 36, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery t...
Category

1980s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Two Hundred and Seven Sheep, Rakaia Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand. 2013
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tuileries Gardens, Study 4, Paris, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered by Michael Kenna Sepia toned gelatin silver print Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and a...
Category

1980s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karamatsu Forest, Biei, Hokkaido, Japan
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount margin recto. Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered in pencil with the artist's stamp in black ink on...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Flying Bird over San Marco, Venice, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Four Birds, St. Nazaire, France
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mountaintop Buddha, Pindaya, Myanmar
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Notre Dame, Study 3, Paris, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered by Michael Kenna Sepia toned gelatin silver print Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and a...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Skyline, Shanghai, Study 5, China
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery t...
Category

1980s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Distant Mountains, Passo delle Capannelle, Pizzoli, Abruzzo, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tree and Slippers Woljeongsa Temple, Gangwondo, South Korea
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Ten Balloons, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery t...
Category

1980s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hand of Sangsaeng, Homigot, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 25 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Window View, Château de Haroué, Lorraine, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, titled, dated, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver print. Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imager...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Six Flying Birds, Bath, Avon, England,
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Seven Cormorants, Florida, USA
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Horizon Lights, Jeunt-do, Shinan, South Korea
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Three Ladders, Sampo Beach, Gangwondo, South Korea
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Cracked Pier, Haeui-do, Shinan, South Korea
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Notre Dame, Study III, Paris, France
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount.
Category

1980s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Ortucchio Lake Reflection, Fucino, Abruzzo, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Giza Pyramids, Study 6, Cairo, 2009
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Watchtower, Study 5, Myeongpa, Gongwondo, South Korea
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Watchtower, Study 1, Sampo, Gongwondo, South Korea
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Swan Song, Prague, Czech Republic
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Temple Tree, Jonjaamji, Jeju Island, South Korea
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Morning, Main Channel, Elkhorn Slough, California, USA
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chrysler Building, Study 4, New York, New York, USA
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount margin recto. Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered in pencil with the artist's stamp in black ink on mo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Long Wall, Berwick, Northumberland, England. 1991
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Notre Dame, Study 5, Paris, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver print Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His ima...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tuileries Gardens, Study 2, Paris, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, titled, negative date, print date, and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver print Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. Hi...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Seven Horses, Iti Maunga, Easter Island. 2001
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Atget's Trees, Study 3, Parc St. Cloud, Paris, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount margin recto. Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered in pencil with the artist's stamp in black ink on mo...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Eighteen Hedges, Versailles, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver print. Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His im...
Category

1980s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Gathering Clouds, Casoli, Abruzzo, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Diving Boards and Cruise Ship, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver print Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His ima...
Category

1990s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Glastonbury Tor, Study 3, Somerset, England. 1990
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chrysler Building, Study 1, New York, New York, USA
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, titled, dated, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver print. Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery tr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Forest Mist, Study 2, Rigopiano, Abruzzo, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has one of the highest biodiversity indexes in Europe, and one of the richest areas of flora in the world. In Abruzzo, Michael Kenna found a cultural identity that elsewhere, for the most part, has been lost to globalization and instant communication. Kenna photographed medieval ruins, ancient villages and a countryside rich in traditional cultivation. As curator Vincenzo de...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Kokdua Tree and Exposed Roots, Mekong River, Luang Prabang, Laos
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Falaise d'Aval et Nuages, Etretat, Haute-Normandie, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount margin recto. Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered in pencil with the artist's stamp in black ink on mo...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Castle and Sky, Rocca Calascio, Abruzzo, Italy
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Empire State Building, Study 1, New York, New York, USA
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, titled, dated, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver print. Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery tr...
Category

1980s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Futatsui Rocks, Study 1, Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Reflection, Study 1, Vaux-le-Vicomte, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on mount margin recto. Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered in pencil with the artist's stamp in black ink on mo...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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