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Untitled

A work made of chromogenic print.

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  • A work made of chromogenic print.

Date:

2005

Artist:

Mikiko Hara
Japanese, born 1967

About this artwork

Captured in Tokyo, this street scene shows the fallen berries of a Japanese rowan tree. The picture’s slightly off-kilter composition is typical of Mikiko Hara’s approach, as she does not use her camera’s viewfinder to carefully compose photographs. Instead she works intuitively with a German 1930s Ikonta camera positioned at her chest or waist so as not to attract attention. This method, which Hara charac-terizes as a “gamble with serendipity,” yields impressionistic yet personal depictions of the ordinary.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Mikiko Hara

Title

Untitled

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 2005

Medium

Chromogenic print

Dimensions

Image: 17.9 × 18.2 cm (7 1/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Through prior gift of Dr. Waldo and Suzanne Fielding

Reference Number

2018.139

Extended information about this artwork

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