Papa, Mama, and their Children – (Ueda Shoji) ◄ Previous Next ►

Artist: Ueda Shoji

Museum: Shimane Art Museum (Matsue-Shi, Japan)

Technique: Gelatin Silver Print

Ueda Shoji was born and spent his life in Sakaiminato, located at the tip of the Yumigahama Peninsula, with an expansive sky and sea. With the nearby sandy beach as a stage, Ueda arranged himself and his family like objects, using the curtain of the white sky in hazy spring weather as a background. This is a modern style that leverages blank space to maximum effect. It is the masterpiece of Ueda