Michael Kenna Research

Michael Kenna Research


Michael  Kenna was born Widnes, England, where his arty passion led him to go and study at Banbury school of art where he studied painting and photography later he attended London college of printing and began working as a photographer and artist.
Kenna's work has often been described as enigmatic, graceful and hauntingly beautiful much like the Japanese landscape. Over the years he has travelled throughout almost the entire country constantly taking photographs. from these many treks the book Japan, featuring 95 of these photographs, was conceived.
Michael Kenna prints have been shown in numerous exhibitions throughout the world with permanent collections in the Bibliotheque, Paris the Museum of Decorative arts, and many more.
Japan is one of 18 books of Kenna's photography to have been published to date.