Seen: Winterlicht
Who: 中藤毅彦 Takehiko Nakafuji / website
Where:Gallery Niepce, Shinjuku
When: October 10 - 18, 2020 (12-7pm)
Nakafuji is one of Tokyo’s Street (photo) Kings- but he’s also traveled the world, steadily building a huge archive of his characteristically contrast work.
Winterlicht is a collection of photographs he took while traveling Eastern Europe by train in the late 1990s with his Leica, Contax G2, and Fuji Neopan 1600 film. His images suggest a Europe comprised of mystery, isolation, and coldness. That they are a background for a personal journey is apparent- and part of their popularity. A master darkroom printer, his 16x20 prints- fittingly for the subject matter, done on Forte paper- are exquisite.
In 2001, Winterlicht was published as a photobook by WIDES- one of seven books he’s released so far- 2020 will see another one added to his bibliography with an upcoming exhibition at Zen Foto Gallery. Check shashasha.co for more of his work.
