Name of Artist:Rinko Kawauchi
Dates of Artist’s Life:1972
1)Personal Background
Rinko Kawauchi is a celebrated Contemporary photographer, known for her poetic depictions of everyday life, soft palette, and carefully edited photobooks. She was born in Shinga, Japan,in 1972.She went on to study photography and graphic design at the Seian University of Art and Design, graduating in 1993.She became a famous photographer almost overnight, and has gone on to release several more photobooks. Her work has been exhibited all over the world.
2)Style
Rinko Kawauchi is a perfect example how actions speak louder than words. The photographer grasps the world, the everyday moment with a poetic lightness, with the eyes of a child and a simple sincerity. So different in genre, her pastel photographs thrill with their genuineness and turn these moments into one inspirational world. She is really good at using light.Her every photography has a lot of light.And most her photography is light blue color.It makes them warmth in the photos.
3)Philosophy
Rinko Kawauchi tries to edit for masterful and sequencing of her photographies to make generate a rich body of photo books. The rich history in Japan make new photography form for the photographer that draws out some of the ideas at the core of her work. The time is passing left to right in her photography. Rinko Kawauchi tries to say history of people in the photographs.Also,her photography has usual life.For example,she took cutting peach,people walking in the station,people go up stairs,girl who playing with pull-up bar,playing with fireworks,or goldfish scooping in festival.Her photos represent what people do in every life.
4)Influences
Rinko Kawauchi photographs work influence me as using color. Because her most photographies is used right blue color on the background or putting on the things. I like her techniques because I feel like most photographs are continued. I mean,it has a unit. We are able to know history of people in the photography.She also takes photos how focus on the objects.She always have one object in each photo. You can know what she is want to tell about object or thing.
5)Sources
1.untitled---https://theculturetrip.com/asia/japan/articles/rinko-kawauchi-10-things-you-should-know-about-the-first-lady-of-japanese-photography/
2.untitled---http://withdrawn-from-reality.tumblr.com/post/118239333101/rinko-kawauchi-utatane
from "utatane"
3.untitled---http://pictify.saatchigallery.com/243028/untitled-rinko-kawauchi
2.untitled---http://withdrawn-from-reality.tumblr.com/post/118239333101/rinko-kawauchi-utatane
from "utatane"
3.untitled---http://pictify.saatchigallery.com/243028/untitled-rinko-kawauchi
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7)Personal Artist’s Statement
[1]. I used a sewing machine. I took this photo at room where has a lot of things in background. When I watched this photography, I wondered that how to make blue filter. And the other things on back is more blur than sewing machine. So,I click filter and to blur. I wanted to share that this photos are usual life. So,I put some things in background. I took care the angles and cropping.After taking this photography, I thought I needed to put more color like red and the other blue color.
[2] This is an apple that was biting. I wanted to use more smaller size apple. But I have only this size in my house. First,I did not realized how small is this. So, the apple’s height was exceed area for photography. So,I decided to make more space in this photography. I used similar cloth for background. And I thought if the apple has color, it is more realistic picture.
[3] I took this picture outside. First,I made paper airplane with rectangle paper. Rinko Kawauchi used white big paper, so I used similar one. Because it is still winter, I could not to wear white short sleeve. And I warn gray color long sleeve that is similar color with white. It was difficult that make a same pose. I wanted to make more impact than first I took. I thought the above one has most impact in I took. This photos sky is really light blue. I knew that it is worst time to take photo outside during sun is rising up, but I wanted photo to make more lightness, so I took this photo in the time.
[2] This is an apple that was biting. I wanted to use more smaller size apple. But I have only this size in my house. First,I did not realized how small is this. So, the apple’s height was exceed area for photography. So,I decided to make more space in this photography. I used similar cloth for background. And I thought if the apple has color, it is more realistic picture.
[3] I took this picture outside. First,I made paper airplane with rectangle paper. Rinko Kawauchi used white big paper, so I used similar one. Because it is still winter, I could not to wear white short sleeve. And I warn gray color long sleeve that is similar color with white. It was difficult that make a same pose. I wanted to make more impact than first I took. I thought the above one has most impact in I took. This photos sky is really light blue. I knew that it is worst time to take photo outside during sun is rising up, but I wanted photo to make more lightness, so I took this photo in the time.