What in particular do you enjoy about the platinum print process and working with hand made Japanese paper?
Alfreid Stieglitz used Japanese paper for photogravure and once referred to platinum printing as “The Prince of Media”. I, however, wanted to use historical Japanese Gampi paper (called “King of Paper” in Japan) for platinum printing. You originally worked in the commercial photography, when did you switch to working in the fine art world and why? When I was forty years old, I encountered Henry D. Thoreau’s “Walden”. I wanted to photograph landscapes as fine art which I had never pursued as a commercial photographer. What caused you to move to the United States after living in Japan for 50 years? During my stay in New York City as a grantee of Asian Cultural Council Grants (can be compared to a Rockefeller Grant), I had the chance to have a solo exhibition at a gallery in the area. This was my new beginning to work as fine art photography in New York City, and it was a huge difference compared to Japan. The length of time I had spent in Japan did not matter. What major differences do y
