Some nice color photo work from Eiji Ohda’s recently launched site. Also some stuff that was frankly hit or miss for me, but all the photos are luminous, and presented in nice large sizes. I particularly liked the two series entitled “Flatland” and “Flatland 1990,” respectively (both make a nice contrast between color and black and white photography). His newer work (?) “Say a Little Prayer” I was less impressed with, probably due to the inclusion of models (I’m assuming) in the shoot. That said, his unique sense of composition comes through, and is nicely highlighted by the use of the square medium format. I was especially taken with his penchant for featuring the “main” subject matter in the lower half or bottom of the image, and how that interacted with the plainer (for lack of a better word) upper area, be it sky, buildings, ocean, etc..
hmmn: musings from the far east(erwood)