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Masao Yamamoto — Selected Images from a Box of Ku and Nakazora
Masao Yamamoto

Selected Images from a Box of Ku and Nakazora

Masao Yamamoto's *Selected Images from a Box of Ku and Nakazora* presents ten intimate gelatin silver prints that evoke a quiet, meditative world through small-scale, weathered photographs. Yamamoto's images often depict fragile moments in nature — birds, mist, bare branches — rendered with a soft, aged quality that feels both timeless and transient. Together, the prints function as a poetic sequence, inviting slow, contemplative viewing as each image resonates with themes of impermanence, solitude, and the delicate beauty of the natural world.

Medium
Ten gelatin silver prints.

🔨 Auction Lot

Important Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana

April 2, 2013

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Masao Yamamoto, Selected Images from a Box of Ku and Nakazora

Masao Yamamoto's *Selected Images from a Box of Ku and Nakazora* presents ten intimate gelatin silver prints that evoke a quiet, meditative world through small-scale, weathered photographs. Yamamoto's images often depict fragile moments in nature — birds, mist, bare branches — rendered with a soft, aged quality that feels both timeless and transient. Together, the prints function as a poetic sequence, inviting slow, contemplative viewing as each image resonates with themes of impermanence, solitude, and the delicate beauty of the natural world.

Medium
Ten gelatin silver prints.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

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Series, Monochrome, Contemporary Photographer, 20th Century, Atmospheric, Contemplative, Serene, Minimalist, Male Artist, Meditative, Photograph, Japanese, Poetic, Fine Art Photography, Wabi-Sabi Aesthetic, Japanese Artist, Nature Subject, Landscape, Gelatin Silver Print, Minimalist Photography, Silver Gelatin Print, Meditative Mood, Series Format, Black and White, Contemporary

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