Michael Kenna's Lijiang River

Photo Review says: "Michael Kenna's quiet approach to the environment provides a glimpse into the provocative and subtle serenity of landscape photography. Michael creates dream-like scenes by combining innovative and traditional photographic techniques. The results are soft, stark, enigmatic views of gardens, industrial sites, land, and seascapes from around the world. Water may become a sea of mist or the geometry of human intervention contrasted with a wispy cloud-filled sky. His photographs suggest contemplation and a poetic vision."

Lijiang River provides Michael Kenna a perfect environment to create his images with subtle serenity, dream-like scenes, contemplation and a poetic vision. The irony is, however, those words are so rarely reflected in Chinese contemporary photography and art at large...