Yu Hanyu

Tibet, Tibetan Plateau, Contemporary Chinese Landscape Photography by Yu Hanyu

2013

Pathway of Heaven, 2014 by Yu Hanyu is a signed 16" x 20" HD C- print. In an edition of 5, numbers 1/5 and 2/5 are available. The artist says of his photographs of the mountains of Tibet: "Under a vast sky and white clouds, eagles soar -- the valley is deep, shadows are blurred. This is a mysterious and peaceful world in Tibet with abundant holy water running through the plateau." Seeking inspiration for his landscape paintings, Yu Hanyu has spent many months since 2005 photographing the snow-covered Tibetan plateau and Himalayan mountains. As artist and photographer, he attempts to capture Äúthe towering row of mountains, the precipitous cliffs, the cold moon and the wasteland, the places beyond the Great Wall and the forests, the wind and the frost‚ with the Himalayans as his special muse. Provenance: Yu Hanyu Studio *** Artist’s Bio: Yu Hanyu is a contemporary Chinese painter...

Joy of Color, 2002 by Yasuhiro Ishimoto is a contemporary color photograph from an extensive documentary photography series of Japan that Nagano shot on assignment. The image is hand-signed on recto (front left margin) by the photographer. This is an archival pigment print on Hahnemule Fine Art paper printed 2005 under the direction of the photographer. The 19" x 13" work is from the portfolio "Masters of Modern Photography. Japan," Tokyo. Edition available: 87/100. Provenance: Private Collector *** Artist’s Bio: Yasuhiro Ishimoto a Japanese photographer was born in 1921. His work was chosen by Edward Steichen to appear in the Family of Man exhibition and catalogue at the Museum of Modern Art in 1955, and Steichen also selected his work for a three-person exhibition in 1961. From 1973-1993 Ishimoto produced a number of in-camera color abstractions that appeared as covers for a Japanese magazine. Ishimoto's exhibitions, include New Japanese Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in 1974, solo shows in 1960 and 1999 at the Art Institute of Chicago, a retrospective in 1989–1990 at Seibu Museum of Art in Tokyo, and an exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, in 1996. His later photography addressed the transitory nature of life as shown in photographs of clouds...

15.5 x 23 inch (framed) pigment print Edition 15. Signed, titled, dated and editioned on label verso. Luca Campigotto uses big equipment to capture big subjects, from the absolu...

This is a beautiful photograph of a young monk in Tibet, going to his morning prayers at dawn. The moment's quiet tranquility is spontaneously. This is drawn from the archives of fi...