Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Japanese, b. 1951
" I go to places that captivate and intrigue me. I am interested in what humans do. I seek to capture people, traditions, and locales that first and foremost are of personal interest. I immerse myself with information on the places prior to leaving, but I try to avoid firm, preconceived ideas. I strive for both calculation and discovery in my work, keeping my mind open for surprises. At times, I envision images I’d like to capture, but when I actually look through the viewfinder, my mind goes blank and I photograph whatever catches my eye. Photographs I return with are usually different from my original concepts. My photographs reflect both genuine interest in my subject as well as a respect for the element of serendipity, while other times I seek pure beauty. The pure enjoyment of this process drives and inspires me. I believe there’s a thread that connects all of my work -- my personal vision of the world as a whole. 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."
– Hiroshi Watanabe(Biography provided by photo-eye Gallery)
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Subway Station, Pyongyang, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday ...
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Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Natsuki Tukamoto, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mayuko Nozaki, Matsuo K
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pyongyang Circus, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday ...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ryo Ueguchi, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Painter, Moranbong Park, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday ...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mari Ito as Omitsu 1, Nakatsugawa Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ryo Ueguchi as Sendo, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Korean Film Studio, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday ...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ofuku, Ena Bunraku
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rikuto Tada, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Azusa Tukamoto as Osome, Matsuo Kabukii
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kaoru Ueguchi, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eri Tanaka, Tono Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Musume, Ena Bunraku
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mari Ito as Osato, Tono Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jidaibaba, Ena Bunraku
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hirokazu Nishijima, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Oshuto, Ena Bunraku
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marina Ema & Kazusa Ito, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Maiko Takaku, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Yuki Nonaka, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Oniichi, Ena Bunraku
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marina Ema, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kaoshi's Hand 1, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Isamu Taguchi, Tono Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chikako Suga, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Spring Blossoms, Moranbong Park, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kim Il Sung's Birthday, Kim Il Sung Square, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Playing Soldier, Mangyondae Fun Fair, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Boom Box and Waitress, Ansanggakdo Restaurant, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gaku Tada, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Female Army Band, Grand Monument on Mansu Hill, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bunshichi, Ena Bunraku
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Those Kabuki players you see in my photographs are not with the mainstream Kabuki companies in Tokyo. They are with localized small groups located in various parts of Japan. They are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kimjongilia Display, Kim Il Sung Square, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Students and Their Teacher, Mangyongdae, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Japanese Movie Set, Korean Film Studio, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stalin Portrait, Party Founding Museum, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Li Min Gyong, Pyongyang Schoolchildren's Palace, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Entrance, Pyongyang Schoolchildren's Palace
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dancer Dressed as Fisherman, Pyongyang Schoolchild
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Restaurant, Yanggakdo Hotel, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday ...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Flower Blossom Party, Morangbong Park, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Movie Poster, Korean Film Studio, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday life in "Ideology in Paradi...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bar, Kaesong Folk Hotel, North Korea
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Putting aside his usual black and white palette, Hiroshi Watanabe uses color in his attempt to tell an unbiased story of North Korean culture and everyday ...
Category
Early 2000s Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
SUO SARUMAWASHI, photo-eye EDITIONS portfolio
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Photo-eye editions is pleased to announce our second publication, Suo Sarumawashi by Hiroshi Watanabe. Sarumawashi, "monkey dancing," has been in existence for over a thousand years ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marta Marchi as Strega
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In the series “Comedy of Double Meaning’ Japanese photographer Hiroshi Watanabe photographs members of a Venetian theatrical troupe, the Pantakin Company, dressed as Pulcinella, Inna...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Michele Modesto Casarin as Arlecchino
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In the series “Comedy of Double Meaning’ Japanese photographer Hiroshi Watanabe photographs members of a Venetian theatrical troupe, the Pantakin Company, dressed as Pulcinella, Inna...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Alvise D'Ambrosi as Capitano
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In the series “Comedy of Double Meaning’ Japanese photographer Hiroshi Watanabe photographs members of a Venetian theatrical troupe, the Pantakin Company, dressed as Pulcinella, Inna...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marta Marchi as Strega (Silhouette)
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In the series “Comedy of Double Meaning’ Japanese photographer Hiroshi Watanabe photographs members of a Venetian theatrical troupe, the Pantakin Company, dressed as Pulcinella, Inna...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
SUO SARUMAWASHI – photo-eye Editions portfolio, Deluxe Edition
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Photo-eye editions is pleased to announce our second publication, suo sarumawashi by hiroshi watanabe. Sarumawashi, "monkey dancing," has been in existence for over a thousand years ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin
Sara Galiza as Morte
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In the series “Comedy of Double Meaning’ Japanese photographer Hiroshi Watanabe photographs members of a Venetian theatrical troupe, the Pantakin Company, dressed as Pulcinella, Inna...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Manuela Massimi as Cortigiana
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In the series “Comedy of Double Meaning’ Japanese photographer Hiroshi Watanabe photographs members of a Venetian theatrical troupe, the Pantakin Company, dressed as Pulcinella, Inna...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Aikichi
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Sarumawashi, literally "monkey dancing" evolved over a 1000-year history in Japan. Ancient Japanese chronicles refer to it as a form of religious ritual designed to protect the horse...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Aikichi 2
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Sarumawashi, literally "monkey dancing" evolved over a 1000-year history in Japan. Ancient Japanese chronicles refer to it as a form of religious ritual designed to protect the horse...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fukunosuke's Hands
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Sarumawashi, literally "monkey dancing" evolved over a 1000-year history in Japan. Ancient Japanese chronicles refer to it as a form of religious ritual designed to protect the horse...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marco Tuzzato as Pantalone
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In the series “Comedy of Double Meaning’ Japanese photographer Hiroshi Watanabe photographs members of a Venetian theatrical troupe, the Pantakin Company, dressed as Pulcinella, Inna...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Viviana Ceppa as Innamorata
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In the series “Comedy of Double Meaning’ Japanese photographer Hiroshi Watanabe photographs members of a Venetian theatrical troupe, the Pantakin Company, dressed as Pulcinella, Inna...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Big in Bucket
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Sarumawashi, literally "monkey dancing" evolved over a 1000-year history in Japan. Ancient Japanese chronicles refer to it as a form of religious ritual designed to protect the horse...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Yuki Nonaka, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Sante Fe, NM
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 su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hiroshi Watanabe Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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