Yojiro Imasaka, “Wet-Land #74” (detail), toned gelatin silver print, 2021.

Yojiro Imasaka

Yojiro Masaka

Yojiro Imasaka uses the historical wet collodion photographic process to produce photos of landscapes from glass negatives, creating images that are soft, dream-like and filled with light. During his residency at Denver Botanic Gardens, Imasaka seeks to create works that reflect on the vulnerability of nature while imagining a sustainable future.

 

About the Artist

Yojiro Imasaka was born in Hiroshima, Japan and relocated to the United Sates in 2007. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn. He received a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in photography from Nihon University College of Art Photography Department in Tokyo and a Master of Fine Art degree from the Pratt Institute, NY. Imasaka’s photographs have been exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, and his works are held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN and the Carnegie Museum of Art, PA, among others.

Gallery

Yojiro Imasaka, “Wet-Land #71,” toned gelatin silver print, 2021.
Yojiro Imasaka, “Wet-Land #71,” toned gelatin silver print, 2021.
Yojiro Imasaka, “Wet-Land #74,” toned gelatin silver print, 2021.
Yojiro Imasaka, “Wet-Land #74,” toned gelatin silver print, 2021.
Yojiro Imasaka, “Wet-Land #23,” toned gelatin silver print, 2021.
Yojiro Imasaka, “Wet-Land #23,” toned gelatin silver print, 2021.
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