I didn't know about these works of Michael Kenna

[Mainecoonmaniac]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=480XKW91xoA

 

[Rick A]

Thank you for posting this. It's always good to remember what atrocities men perpetrated on their fellow man, and try to keep it from happening again. This has special meaning for me. When attending college, I worked part time in a cafeteria with three old women who were Hungarian and Romanian, and all three were survivors, I can still see the numbers tattooed on their forearms, I can still remember the stories they told. They were wonderful people, and I was often invited to their homes to dine with families, I truly loved my time with them, and felt the love they had, not just for me, but for everyone they came into contact with. There are times when I catch whiffs of the familiar smells of the incredible meals cooking in their kitchens.

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

I consider Mr. Kenna an artist. Art isn't always pretty, but should be transformative some how. Photography is one way to share the human experience and for you, meeting those Hungarian and Romanian women and eating their cooking. I was in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and visited Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. Afterwards, visited the killing fields where there are still mounds of bones covered in dirt. I was interested in shooting but at the same time felt disgusted what happened there. I remembered seeing a small green rag, a remnant of a piece of clothing of one of the victims. Such a pretty color contrasted by the brown dirt that entombed so many corpses. How does one reconcile trying to create beauty with ugly events?

 

[andreios]

Thank you for pointing that out. I knew about this series and I think it is one of the most "beautiful" monuments raised to that part of Europe history.
He had recently a talk about this series in Paris, maybe it's a recording of that event.