Fumio Hata
PROFILE
Artist Statement
When I attended John Sexton's workshop in 2003, I was struck by the creativity of the West Coast photographers. The idea that a photograph is not a copy of its subject, but an expression of the emotion received from it, and the way they used various techniques to achieve this was very inspiring.
Urban landscapes and buildings are my main subjects. This is because discovering the beauty hidden in the most ordinary of things is my pleasure.
I am currently using the digital negative technique, in which negatives are made with an inkjet printer and printed on photographic paper. This is an excellent technique that expands the range of expression of gelatin silver prints.
Fumio Hata
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Bio
2003 Attended John Sexton Photography Workshop, "The Expressive Black and White Print"
Carmel Valley Calif.
1998 Attended Hideo Nakajima Photography Workshop, "the Zone System"
Kawasaki
1972-2014 Worked as a production engineer at Canon Inc.
1972 Graduated from Mechanical Engg. dept, Nihon University
1949 Born in Toyama pref., Japan
Solo exhibitions
Urban Trees
2012 Ogawa Cafe, Tokyo
Abbaye du Thoronet
2024 Gallery Storks, Tokyo
Vanishing Point, disappeared trains
2010 Ogawa Cafe, Tokyo
Sometime Ago 69/79
2009 Ogawa Cafe, Tokyo
My Home Town, 40 years in Inokashira, Tokyo
2008 Ogawa Cafe, Tokyo
Group exhibitions
Retiree photography club of Canon Inc
2012-
Photographic Society of Zone System
1998-
Inokashira Shutter Club
1996-
