MICHAEL KENNA Alaina Hundemer MICHAEL KENNA Birth place
MICHAEL KENNA Alaina Hundemer
MICHAEL KENNA • • • Birth place~ Widnes, England Birth date~1953 Death place/ place~ none Method of photography~ Digital Art/ Print making Favorite subject matter~ landscapes/ night photography Background~ studied at the Bubury School of Art and London College of Printing. Michael Kenna uses his art to show a quiet approach to the environment and provides a glimpse into proactive and subtle serenity of landscape photography. • Uses sources of light during daytime and night time to create a sense of serenity. He also used black and white. • Impact on society~ Michael Kenna photographed landscapes to capture the beauty of nature that not everyone sees the first • time.
REFERENCE SLIDE hhttp: //www. michaelkenna. net/interviews/artworks_interview. pdf http: //www. michaelkenna. net/gallery. php? id=65 http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Michael_Kenna_%28 photographer%29 http: //www. famousphotographers. net/michael-kenna
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PERSONAL REFLECTION I chose Michael Kenna because I enjoy his photographs. I like how he used certain sources of light with black and white to emphasize parts of the pictures. I also like Michael Kenna’s artwork because he uses landscapes all of the time and landscapes are my favorite things to take pictures of.
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