WELCOME TO THE CHRISTMAS AUCTION by Ecki Heuser from 5Uhr30.com, Cologne, Germany. We offer a best-of more than 100 international photobooks. The perfect moment to buy the perfect present for you or yours. EXCITING, VERY BEAUTIFUL BEST OF SELECTION between 1973 and 2023 by Michael Kenna, arguably the most influential landscape photographer of his generation. Bodly signed by the artist. I GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SIGNATURE. Breath-taking printing on Japanese Kasadaka paper and bound in custom deep blue cloth. New, mint, unread. Still originally shrink-wrapped in publisher's plastic foil (only opened once for signature). Kenna has selected one image for each year beginning 1973, when he enrolled in the Banbury School of Art, and for each subsequent year. Following the “Photographs” section is “Stories,” in which Kenna gives context to each image and considers how it connected to his own life at the time. “This book is a journey, navigating places foreign and familiar, winding through black and white scenes full of spacious calm. It is a great pleasure to look at these images, to feel that maybe everything is going to be all right after all, that the world isn’t such a bad place, and magic still exists. There is a reassuring quality to these photographs, and I, for one, am grateful for Michael Kenna’s half century of watching the light and recording his vision.” - Ann Jastrab - 5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% transport protection, 100% transport insurance and of course combined shipping - worldwide. Nazraeli Press, Santa Fe. 2023. First edition, first printing. Hardcover in linen (as issued). 288 x 328 mm. 106 pages. 51 duotone plates. Photos: Michael Kenna. Text in English. Extrem beautiful photobook in perfect condition - signed by the artist. "In celebration of Michael Kenna’s fiftieth year as a photographer, we are thrilled to announce the publication of Michael Kenna: Photographs and Stories. This gorgeous new monograph, beautifully printed on Japanese Kasadaka paper and bound in custom deep blue cloth, is limited to 2,000 casebound copies. It is published in association with the Center for Photographic Art to coincide with a traveling exhibition opening at their historic Carmel, California exhibition space in November 2023. Often working at dawn or during the night, he has concentrated primarily on the interaction between the ephemeral atmospheric conditions of the natural landscape, and human-made structures and sculptural mass. Over ninety books and catalogs have been published on his work. His exquisite, hand crafted, silver gelatin prints have been exhibited throughout the world and are included in such permanent museum collections as The National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; The Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. In 2022, Mr. Kenna was made an Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture."