Kenro Izu: The Process

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"Bhutan, the Sacred Within"
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"Bhutan, the Sacred Within: Photographs by Kenro Izu," was an exhibit at the Rubin Museum of Art from November 2, 2007 - February 18, 2008.

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Locations
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Kenro Izu discusses how his photographs differ from other images of the same locations.

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Equipment.
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Kenro Izu explains the equipment he uses.

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"Foot tracks"
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Kenro Izu believes his photographs are the "foot tracks" that document his journey.

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KenroIzu.com
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Kenro Izu's portfolio website - with links to "gallery" and "editorial/advertising"

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Interview with photographer Kenro Izu, in which he discusses the people and places he photographs, as well as the equipment he uses.

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00:00:12 My photography is a very personal experience. Something that resonates to my heartbeat is most important.

00:00:22 Not only aesthetic viewpoint but also something in there because many places I visit to photograph are famous sites,

00:00:35 and I know that many of the photographs have been already taken, and sometimes by a master photographer in a past time,

00:00:45 and there is no sense for me to repeat exact same way, just aesthetic way. But, if I can find the moment or at most fear in air that surround a sacred place,

00:01:01 I can feel its special, which means, resonate my sensitivities - then I know that its my photograph.

00:01:12 I have been using this gigantic cameras, create negative of fourteen inch by twenty inch view-cameras and equipments - total weight over three hundred pounds.

00:01:26 That has been my tool of photography for last twenty five years

00:01:34 and it’s in no way, that is easy to handle and snapshot quickly for capture the spontane-ous expression or the scene.

00:01:47 But in Chang it is become very formal portrait it may not be most natural, most spontaneous, portrait, but how they feel

00:02:00 about being in front of such a camera and taking the time, ten to thirty minutes to stand or sit still.

00:02:11 I can see that emotions, internal emotions, are changing and that is interesting process. Therefore, I really liked the portraits I’m doing with this large camera,

00:02:27 which I was quite hesitant at the beginning.

00:02:30 I consider my photograph as my foot tracks so each step I make, I have been taking photograph,

00:02:42 wether it is a good photograph or not so good photograph thats really it, I photo-graphed it.

00:02:48 It was where I was and sometimes, misstep, I can not deny but, that is a reality of where I was, what I sensed it, and then therefore, I decide to capture it.

00:03:04 The moment I shared my photograph, with others, then I can become the view-ers, one of the viewers from the photographer and that helped me and that is my practice to detach myself from the photograph -

00:03:20 so I can observe from viewers point of view so no longer its my photograph;

00:03:27 it is a photograph and that is the best practice for me to observe and evaluate and think about next step I take, in my life and my photography.