Seen: Slightly Faded Trips / すこし色あせた旅
Who: Koji Onaka 尾仲 浩二
Where: Place M, Shinjuku
When: August 3 - 16, 2020
With travel currently out of the question, Koji Onaka is exhibiting a selection of snaps taken over the past twenty years on his trips around Japan. Keeping things basic with a #CanonF1 or #NikonF3 and a 35mm lens, his deceptively simple photographs possess a particular purity that gradually reveals fascinating, contemplative details. The C-prints are beautiful- but so is his ability to produce the extraordinary from the mundane.
His standard exhibition method- a concentrated line of small prints hung at just the right height- keeps the viewing experience intimate and something similar to taking a trip of one’s own.
A selection of Onaka’s many photobooks are available for purchase in the gallery.