Kenji Ishikawa
SPACE of SPIRIT SPECIAL SELECTION

About the exhibition

FUJIFILM SQUARE is pleased to present “SPACE of SPIRIT SPECIAL SELECTION” which features selected works from photographer Kenji Ishikawa's 2012 photo collection “SPACE of SPIRIT,” which established his unique world of moonlight photography.

Since 1984, Ishikawa has worked on landscape moonlight photography relying only on the light of full moons. Following the release of his first photo collection “Moonlight Blue” in 1990, he has released a series of works that attempt to capture the world of fantastic moonlight on film.
In 2005 he began focusing on full moons in areas where he can capture earth-scale landscapes and skies filled with stars in his pursuit to “actually experience outer space on Earth.” Over the course of seven years, Ishikawa captured the primordially pristine Iguazu Falls, Monument Valley, Salar de Uyuni, Lake Mungo remains, Baobab trees that intimate their ancient origins, and the living flora and fauna fossils of the Galapagos on color reversal film, compiling these photographs into his 2012 photo collection “SPACE of SPIRIT.” This exhibition is scheduled to feature 15 of his hand-selected works from the group of works that were finished and exhibited in Fujichrome RP Print crystal, the finest silver photographic print at the time.
We hope visitors will take away a sense of “actually experiencing outer space on the Earth” from the non-earth-like moonlight photos, and be inspired to reflect on the beauty of our planet.