Tunnel #4910
Photograph
1999 (photographed)
1999 (photographed)
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Naoya Hatakeyama is fascinated by the relationship between the natural and the urban landscape. His photographs the city and its life-cycle of destruction and regeneration. This underground picture of Shibuya, Japan turns a darkened sewage tunnel into an atmospheric and transcendent image of architectural decay. One section of a much larger expanse is lit by a light on a tripod revealing a crumbling cement ceiling and reflected symmetrically in the water. The photographer used a fifteen-minute long exposure time to give the piece a still, contemplative quality that enhances the grandeur of the site, like a shot of a huge landscape buried deep within the earth.
Naoya Hatakeyama was born in 1958 in Iwate, Japan. He studied under Kiyoji Otsuji at the School of Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba from 1981 to 1984. Hatakeyama lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.
Naoya Hatakeyama was born in 1958 in Iwate, Japan. He studied under Kiyoji Otsuji at the School of Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba from 1981 to 1984. Hatakeyama lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | C-type print mounted on aluminium |
| Brief description | Naoya Hatakeyama, 'Tunnel (Underground Series)'. 1999/2000. |
| Physical description | Colour photograph of an artificially lit underground tunnel. |
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| Gallery label | Photo London: Beneath the Surface
Somerset House May 20 - August 24, 2015
Naoya Hatakeyama (born 1958)
Tunnel #4910
From the series Underground, 1999
This photograph turns a darkened sewage tunnel in
Shibuya, Japan into a sublime landscape of architectural decay. A fraction of the structure is lit by a light on a tripod, revealing a crumbling cement ceiling. The photographer used a fifteen-minute long exposure to allow for the gloomy conditions and to give the piece a contemplative quality.
C-print
Purchased through the Cecil Beaton Royalties Fund
V&A Museum no. E.6–2003(22/09/2004) |
| Credit line | Purchased through the Cecil Beaton Royalties Fund |
| Object history | The picture was purchased for the Museum in 2003 shortly after the showing of his work in the V&A exhibition Out of Japan |
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| Summary | Naoya Hatakeyama is fascinated by the relationship between the natural and the urban landscape. His photographs the city and its life-cycle of destruction and regeneration. This underground picture of Shibuya, Japan turns a darkened sewage tunnel into an atmospheric and transcendent image of architectural decay. One section of a much larger expanse is lit by a light on a tripod revealing a crumbling cement ceiling and reflected symmetrically in the water. The photographer used a fifteen-minute long exposure time to give the piece a still, contemplative quality that enhances the grandeur of the site, like a shot of a huge landscape buried deep within the earth. Naoya Hatakeyama was born in 1958 in Iwate, Japan. He studied under Kiyoji Otsuji at the School of Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba from 1981 to 1984. Hatakeyama lives and works in Tokyo, Japan. |
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| Accession number | E.6-2003 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2004 |
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