Impermanence celebrates the extraordinary fifty-year career of photographer Kenro Izu since he first arrived in America from Japan in 1971. The selection of photographs represent the broad range of subjects Izu has contemplated through the lens of his camera: sacred ruins from across the globe; still-life studies; the people and cultural traditions in countries such as Bhutan and India; the haunting specter of devastation from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the ancient city of Pompeii in Italy; and what remains of Fuzhou, a mostly abandoned and all-but-forgotten area in China’s Jiangxi province. It also includes a first look at his current three-part project in Japan that features photographs of exquisite Noh masks, some more than six hundred years old.

Limited special edition of 100 signed numbered copies housed in a custom clamshell case, each including an original Collotype print made under the supervision of Kenro Izo at Benrido Atelier in Kyoto, each numbered and signed by the artist, with choice of four different prints (25 of each available). For more information on the Collotype process at Benrido see here. Once a particular print is gone, only the remaining prints will be offered. Check this website for information on when a print is about to run out or move to the next tier.

“Blue” currently in Tier 2 (Tier 1 SOLD OUT)

“Wabi Sabi” currently in Tier 1

“Pompeii” currently in Tier 1

“Easter Island” currently in Tier 1

As is tradition for numbered series, as the series moves from one level to the next, the price will be increased to reflect the value of scarcity. These tiers are defined for each print as follows:

Tier 1: #1-5: $950

Tier 2: #6-10: $1,150

Tier 3: #11-15: $1,350

Tier 4: #16-20: $1,550

Tier 5: #21-25: $2,000

Book Details

• Essay by Kenro Izu
• Accompanying text by Eikoh Hosoe and Howard Greenberg
• Hardcover with available printed cloth slipcase
• 12 x 13 in
• 220 quadtone images
• 324 pages

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