Uluru National Park, N.T., Australia, 1993 (East) Gelatin Silver Print, 17.5 x 22" varnish. Taishi Hirokawa Timescapes Time flies. It is constantly rushing towards, over, and past us as we negotiate our lives. But photographer Taishi Hirokawa has found a way to stop time, or rather capture a large chuck of time and present it in an unusual and unique form through his amazing time-lapse photographs. Using a large format camera custom made to his specifications, he has managed to compress the eternal passage of time into a single image, giving us a peek into the unimaginable immensity of the universe. Hirokawa makes two exposures on each film, one a daylight image of a rock-strewn landscape, the other a time exposure of the midnight stars swirling overhead. The result is a surreal image that combines two immense themes. Our home planet was created eons ago from a boiling cauldron of primal elements, and the ageless rocks that Hirokawa photographs remind us of this ancient heritage. Then, long after these daylight exposures are made, with the earth shrouded in darkness, he opens his lens all night to capture the star tracks circling overhead. The light from these distant stars must travel thousands of years to reach his camera, and their motion reveals our insignificant place on this backwater spiral towards the outer fringes of our galaxy. That's the kind of thinking Hirokawa's photographs inspires. White Room Gallery proudly presents "Timescapes", the latest work from this ingenious Tokyo-based photographer. Mr. Hirokawa's work has been avidly sought by such notable museums as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles country Museum of Art, and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. His books include "Timescapes", "Sonomama, Sonomama", and "Still Crazy", a look at nuclear power plants in the Japanese landscape. November 1 - December 5, 2003 Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12pm to 6pm White Room Gallery 8810 Melrose Avenue USA-West Hollywood, CA 90069 Telephone +1 310-859-2402 Fax +1 310-859-0197 E-Mail info@whiteroomgallery.com www.whiteroomgallery.com |
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