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Shoji Ueda — Kogitsune Tanjō [Appearance of a Fox Cub]
Shoji Ueda

Kogitsune Tanjō [Appearance of a Fox Cub]

A solitary figure crouches in a vast, flat expanse of sand dunes beneath an overcast sky, embodying Ueda's signature surrealist sensibility rooted in the stark landscapes of Japan's Tottori Prefecture. The wide-open terrain and dramatic emptiness create a dreamlike tension between the human presence and the infinite, featureless horizon. Ueda's masterful use of light and shadow in this gelatin silver print transforms the mundane into the quietly uncanny, evoking a sense of mystery and quiet theatrical narrative.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed 1999.

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May 19, 2016

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Shoji Ueda, Kogitsune Tanjō [Appearance of a Fox Cub]

A solitary figure crouches in a vast, flat expanse of sand dunes beneath an overcast sky, embodying Ueda's signature surrealist sensibility rooted in the stark landscapes of Japan's Tottori Prefecture. The wide-open terrain and dramatic emptiness create a dreamlike tension between the human presence and the infinite, featureless horizon. Ueda's masterful use of light and shadow in this gelatin silver print transforms the mundane into the quietly uncanny, evoking a sense of mystery and quiet theatrical narrative.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed 1999.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surreal, Conceptual, Photograph, Japanese, Late Twentieth Century, Gelatin Silver Print, Fox, Whimsical, Modern, Black and White

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