Kanendo Watanabe
photographer
Kanendo Watanabe is a Japanese photographer known for his black-and-white images that depict urban environments and material things with a quiet, matter-of-fact style. His work has been described as having an enigmatic quality, capturing the 'cracks and holes through which the extraordinary seeps' into everyday life. He was influenced by the minimalist aesthetics of photographers like Eugène Atget and is often compared to the New Topographics movement for his spare, unique approach to landscape and urban photography.[1,3,4,5]
- urban environments
- material things
- minimalism
- everyday life
Books
Works by Kanendo Watanabe
- 1980 Kishi no Machi / A Town Already Seen Photographs by Kanendo Watanabe; Text by Mieko Kanai.
Exhibitions
- 1981 Streets Already Seen
Awards
- 1982 Kimura Ihei Award