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Kozo Miyoshi: An Interpretation of Water Through Photography

Hujar, Brittany A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1563967017677073

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2019, MA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
Through analyzing the relationship between the landscapes of land and water displayed in the images of contemporary Japanese photographer Kozo Miyoshi, my thesis will explore three different series of photographs from his canon of works. His first series of photographs, Cacti, depicts his relationship with the land by focusing on the Saguaro of the Sonoran Desert. This body of images is juxtaposed with the series, Conservatory, that pictures photographs the landscape of greenhouses in his homeland. By looking at these photographs my objective is to highlight how Miyoshi recalls the memories of his homeland and channels it through the images of a foreign desert in his nostalgic compositions. His third series of works will explore the relationship that humans have with water. By capturing the devastation of the 2011 tsunami that hit his hometown in Japan, I argue that Miyoshi is demonstrating how water can not only symbolize devastation but also rebirth. By analyzing the relationship between humans and water, my goal is to highlight how Miyoshi uses people in his photographs to illustrate not only the devastation and destruction that occurred but how the composition has the ability to symbolize a rebirth in national Japanese identity.
John-Michael Warner, Dr. (Advisor)
Gustav Medicus, Dr. (Committee Member)
53 p.
Art History
Japanese; photography; contemporary art; water; desert; ocean; tsunami; Saguaro

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  • Hujar, B. A. (2019). Kozo Miyoshi: An Interpretation of Water Through Photography [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1563967017677073

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hujar, Brittany. Kozo Miyoshi: An Interpretation of Water Through Photography. 2019. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1563967017677073.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hujar, Brittany. "Kozo Miyoshi: An Interpretation of Water Through Photography." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1563967017677073

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