Japanese Samurai Fashion Evertt Kennedy Brown 1st Signed edition 2017

Published by 2017 Akaaka signed

Everything is not what it seems in Everett Kennedy Brown captivating photographic series on Japan’s samurai. While Brown’s photographs look like artifacts from the warriors’ feudal-period heyday, they document the unique fashions and aesthetic of modern-day samurai.

Kennedy Brown continues to reflect the ancient layers of Japan (Old Layer) using the classic photographic technique of "wet plate light painting". The images, which are burned onto a single glass negative, emerge with unique shadows, similar to a single lifetime encounter. The "Japanese Samurai Fashion" series is based on "Nomaoi," a festival that has been handed down for approximately 800 years in the Soma region of Fukushima Prefecture.