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piles#14

20x24" gelatin silver print from a 8x10" glass collodion negative. To express the "unevenness of the forest", the image was cut, shuffled and toned randomly with soil, leaves and branches from the shooting location. Finally, pieces are reassembled together as the forest is one immense being.

Awards

One Shot Photo Contest

2022

Silver

Film & Alternative Process

Professional

piles#14

20x24" gelatin silver print from a 8x10" glass collodion negative. To express the "unevenness of the forest", the image was cut, shuffled and toned randomly with soil, leaves and branches from the shooting location. Finally, pieces are reassembled together as the forest is one immense being.

About Artist

Yasu Matsumoto

Born 1976 in Japan. Studied photography at San Francisco Art Institute with Linda Connor as a mentor. Now, working as a freelance fine art photographer based in Tokyo showing works internationally. The theme of my art is to capture the invisible. All photographs were made with a 8x10" camera, methods of wet plate collodion and gelatin silver print. <Selected Awards> 2013 IPA International Photo Awards - 1st Place in Fine Art Professional Category 2015 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PRIS- Gold Prize in Fine Art Professional Category 2017 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PRIS- Bronze Prize in Fine Art Professional Category 2018 Tokyo International Doto Awards - Bronze Prize in Fine Art professional Category 2021 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PRIS- Silver Prize in Fine Art Professional Category

Yasu Matsumoto

Photographic Areas of Focus

Film & Alternative Process, Film/Analog, Fine Art, Nature, Still Life

Location

Japan

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