ON THE JAPANESE FLORAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
ON THE JAPANESE FLORAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: Japan’s art history is one of the richest in the world. Contemporary Japanese floral fine art photography has gained increasing global attention in the past decade and is acclaimed for its diversity. Nonetheless, at the same time Japanese artworks in a photographic medium tend to be more closely connected with spirituality than in the Western traditions. The objective is to discern what artifacts are used to communicate fine art floral photography in the postmodern period of time and what contemporary floral fine art photography has contributed to the expression of the artists’ emotions and their perceptions. According to David Bate: “The question to ask – in art, at least – is not so much ‘is it true?’ as ‘what does it do?’

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