First Edition of Arbres / Trees by Michael Kenna (2022)

First impression

Large format hardback in fine condition. Very minor general wear to boards. Pages clean, binding firm.

Bilingual edition with texts in English and French.

Signed and dated by Michael Kenna at Paris Photo, 2022. 

Also includes the exhibition press release signed by Michael Kenna, a photograph of Kenna at Paris Photo 2022, and a feature article from Black and White Photography magazine, all courtesy of the previous owner.

176 pages

About

Published on the occasion of the exhibition “Arbres” organized at Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, this catalogue gathers the most beautiful photographs of trees by Michael Kenna.

The famous photographer travels the world, from France to New Zealand, through the United States and South Korea, to immortalise trees and forests. In this book, the dense forests and their gaps of light as well as the tiny trees isolated within idyllic landscapes highlight the diversity of the photographed specimens as much as the plurality of the compositions.

Exclusively in black and white, these photographs allow us to cross the seasons while reinventing the colours that are traditionally associated with them to focus on the interaction between the opaque and delicate black of the tree and a fleecy light that generates wonderful atmospheric effects. On rare occasions, the existence of human civilisations can be seen: some road sections, buildings, fences and stakes or, more surprisingly, slippers, constitute the only traces of human presence. Elsewhere, the perfect and regular alignment of trees along a road shows human intervention.