http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2008/11/16/toshio-shibata-prefectures/ Photographs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:42:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2008/11/16/toshio-shibata-prefectures/#comment-2152 Marc Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:39:48 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/?p=1555#comment-2152 I have just posted an interview that I did with Shibata last year at his studio in Tokyo. You can read it over at <a href="http://www.eyecurious.com/interview-with-toshio-shibata/" rel="nofollow">eyecurious</a>. I have just posted an interview that I did with Shibata last year at his studio in Tokyo. You can read it over at eyecurious.

]]> http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2008/11/16/toshio-shibata-prefectures/#comment-2151 Shane Lavalette Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:55:16 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/?p=1555#comment-2151 Stunning prints, indeed. Stunning prints, indeed.

]]> http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2008/11/16/toshio-shibata-prefectures/#comment-2150 Randy www.poptophorror.com Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:50:28 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/?p=1555#comment-2150 To me, landscape is one of the hardest genres to express artistic intent. The image either excludes or overpowers the intent (or feeling) of the photographer, leaving him with an image that, most often, can only be judged on technical expertise. Or the image is so banal that any intent (or feeling) seems contrived and forced (unless, of course, banality is the intent and haven't we seem enough of that already). This photographer doesn't have these problems. These are beautiful images with feeling. If the concepts of ominious, shadowy photography and foreboding background music of film noir could be draped over the genre of landscape, this work would be the result. His eye for abstraction is impressive without be overpowering. I'll bet the prints are stunning. To me, landscape is one of the hardest genres to express artistic intent. The image either excludes or overpowers the intent (or feeling) of the photographer, leaving him with an image that, most often, can only be judged on technical expertise. Or the image is so banal that any intent (or feeling) seems contrived and forced (unless, of course, banality is the intent and haven’t we seem enough of that already). This photographer doesn’t have these problems. These are beautiful images with feeling. If the concepts of ominious, shadowy photography and foreboding background music of film noir could be draped over the genre of landscape, this work would be the result. His eye for abstraction is impressive without be overpowering. I’ll bet the prints are stunning.

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