Everett Kennedy Brown
Artwork and Writings
fine art photography and portraits from Kyoto Japan traditional culture, zen, shinto, samurai, geisha, Japanese artist
Fine art photography ファインアート写真
Kyoto art 京都の芸術
Kyoto artist 京都の芸術家
Zen culture and wabi sabi, 禅やわびさび
Archaic Future ひとつながりの記憶 Harvest Publishers
Everett Kennedy Brown エバレット・ブラウン
Shimane, Matsue and Izumo 島根県、松江市、出雲
Kyoto art and artists, 京都の芸術や芸術家
Collodion Wet Plate photography 湿板写真 古典写真技法
Lafcadio Hearn, 小泉八雲
Everett Kennedy Brown エバレット・ブラウン
Everett Kennedy Brown エバレット・ブラウン
Japanese mythology, shinto and zen 日本神話、出雲風土記、出雲昔話
Fine art photography in Japan ファインアート写真
fine art photography in Japan, 日本のファインアート写真や写真家
Writers in Japan such as Alex Kerr 失われ行く日本
Fine art photographer ファインアート写真家
相馬の侍
Soma Samurai
23 of 48 image series (2015-2016)
After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake I was introduced to the 35th generation Lord of the Soma domain, Michitane Soma. For more than 800 years his family has looked after the welfare of the people of Soma. Located near the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant, many local people were displaced from their homes and communities after the tsunami and nuclear accident.
After the accident Michitane Soma found himself in the role insuring that the samurai heritage of the community continues for the next 800 years. "It is the soul of our community, " he explains.
His foundation commissioned me to make a series of portraits of the local samurai. The images would always remind them of their heritage. These images were taken during the annual samurai summer war games. During the games and leading up to the events, the spirit of the samurai is evident to the faces of the local people. I discovered here a powerful example of the cohesiveness of culture if it is cared for. This is something that has fragmented in so many parts of the modern world.
Image size 10.24" x 10.24" (260 x260mm),
Paper size 13" x 12.5" (330 x 320mm)
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