Shin-Fuji (Street)
Photograph
2005 (made)
2005 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
John Riddy (born 1959, Northampton) is one of Britain's foremost fine art photographers. Focusing on architectural and urban environments, his work is incredibly detailed and highly finished. Riddy is interested in places and the passing of time. This image, from his series 'Views of Shin-Fuji', explores the relationship between the traditional and modern landscapes of Japan.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Shin-Fuji (Street) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Digital c-type print |
| Brief description | Photograph by John Riddy, 'Shin-Fuji (Street)', digital c-type print, Japan, 2005. |
| Physical description | Digital c-type photograph looking down a street to Mount Fuji in the distance. |
| Dimensions |
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| Copy number | edition of 5 with 1 AP |
| Gallery label | "John Riddy is interested in places and the passing of time. He is renowned for his acute observation of urban architectural spaces. In this image, layering the urbanised small town of Shin-Fuji with the natural beauty of Mount Fuji, Riddy contrasts the polar opposites - rural and urban, old and new, natural and artificial - for which modern Japan is famous. The timelessness, evoked by the stillness, the absence of people, the peculiar quality of light and Mount Fuji itself, is juxtaposed against the indications of a modern town with its geometrical power lines, stark red colours, flat signs and parked cars. This image explores the evolving relationship between town and mountainscape, people and nature." - Sophie Leighton(11/09/2007-28/06/2008) |
| Credit line | Purchase funded by Mark H. Newman |
| Place depicted | |
| Summary | John Riddy (born 1959, Northampton) is one of Britain's foremost fine art photographers. Focusing on architectural and urban environments, his work is incredibly detailed and highly finished. Riddy is interested in places and the passing of time. This image, from his series 'Views of Shin-Fuji', explores the relationship between the traditional and modern landscapes of Japan. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.724-2007 |
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| Record created | March 14, 2008 |
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