류이지(Ryuijie), 일본, 사진작가, 1950-현재

류이지(Ryuijie), 일본, 사진작가, 1950-현재

류이지(Ryuijie), 일본, 사진작가, 1950-현재

류이지(Ryuijie), 일본, 사진작가, 1950-현재

류이지(Ryuijie), 일본, 사진작가, 1950-현재

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류이지(Ryuijie), 일본, 사진작가, 1950-현재

류이지(Ryuijie), 일본, 사진작가, 1950-현재

류이지(Ryuijie), 일본, 사진작가, 1950-현재

류이지(Ryuijie), 일본, 사진작가, 1950-현재

류이지(Ryuijie), 일본, 사진작가, 1950-현재

류이지(Ryuijie), 일본, 사진작가, 1950-현재

 

류이지(Ryuijie), 일본, 사진작가, 1950-현재

일본 오타루에서 태어나, 어린 시절 미국으로 이주한 '류이지'는 사진작가입니다. 괌에서 군복무를 하는 동안 스쿠버다이빙과 프리다이빙에 깊은 관심을 갖게 되었고, 그 무렵에 수중 사진을 찍기 시작했죠.

 

흑백사진을 추구하던 그가, 최근에는 꽃이 가지고 있는 자연의 색을 오랫동안 간직하고 싶어 "얼음꽃" 사진을 만들고 있답니다. 작품 제목은 모두 "Color Ice Form".

 

투명하고 차가운 얼음에 감싸여 있는 화려한 꽃들은 어딘지 불완전함 속에다 아름다움을 감추고 있는 듯합니다. 작가는 이러한 작품 스타일을 '와비사비 (わび·さび)'의 원칙이라고 합니다.

 

불완전함의 미학을 의미하는 '와비사비 侘び寂び'는 일본 특유의 미적 개념입니다.

 

                                                                                                   About Him

 

Ryuijie was born in Otaru, Japan in 1950. As a young child he moved with his family to the US and subsequently lived in many places, from Hawaii to New Hampshire, and again in Japan, until his father retired from the military. Throughout his childhood, Ryuijie showed a serious inclination to the arts. This interest began to materialize during his own military service.

 

While stationed in Guam, Ryuijie learned underwater photography while pursuing his long time interest in scuba diving. After his tour, he came back to the Monterey Peninsula where he attended college and began a successful career in lithography. It was in Monterey that an exhibit of Jerry Uelsmann’s photographs inspired him and propelled him into the practice of fine art black and white photography.

 

Ryuijie has steadfastly pursued his own photographic vision for over thirty years, and has acquired a reputation for his exquisite platinum/palladium prints, in addition to his traditional black and white work. An exceptionally prolific artist, Ryuijie’s career has been highlighted by a multitude of exhibitions. His work has appeared in View Camera, Photovision, Camera and Darkroom, Black&White, Lenswork, and Focus magazines. He has published three books, Ryuijie: Photographs, Time and Place, and Fragments of Time, along with smaller catalogs.

 

His first portfolio, Ryuijie: Ten Photographs, was published in 1990 and his second portfolio, Ryuijie: Portfolio Two Platinum/Palladium, was published in 2002. Ryuijie’s currently work involves large split toned black and white prints of frozen botanicals, and his third portfolio, P2, a selection of square photographs taken with a 2 1/4 Rollei camera. In October 2005 Ryuijie returned to his first love the landscape, and the abstraction, creating panoramic visions of the natural world. Works by Ryuijie can be found in private and public collections word wide including the Monterey Museum of Art, the Getty in Los Angeles, and the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson Arizona.

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