A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai), Jeff Wall, 1993 Even if it looks spontaneous, this picture is
A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai), Jeff Wall, 1993 Even if it looks spontaneous, this picture is extraordinarily elaborate. The Canadian photographer Jeff Wall was inspired by Hokusai’s “Yejiri Station, Province of Suruga” (ca. 1832), one of the great Japanese masters of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. The finished work represents the digital collage of more than 100 original shots, taken in the course of a year or more. The effect is strangely surreal and dreamlike, the poetic evocation of a wind that may never have existed except in the artist’s imagination. In addition, he utilized actors and took him over a year to produce 100 photographs in order “to achieve a seamless montage that gives the illusion of capturing a real moment in time.” He then collaged elements of the photograph digitally in order to achieve the desired composition. It reminds me of Hisaji Hara who was inspired by Balthus paintings. Click on the arrow in the image to see Hokusai image. Find more about him at MoMA’s exhibition website -- source link
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