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Date: March 19, 1972
Date: March 19, 1972
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Date: March 20, 1972
Date: March 20, 1972
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Date: March 21, 1972
Date: March 21, 1972
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Date: March 22, 1972
Date: March 22, 1972
Ken Ohara Japanese, b. 1942
Self Portrait 365 / Diary 1972, 1972
Total of 512 (35 mm contact) gelatin silver prints, mounted onto folded panels.
Case: L: 10 "x W: 2 1/8" x H: 3 1/8" (L 25.5 cm x W: 5.5cm x H: 8cm)
Overall Work: L 1.5" x 46.2' (5 cm x 1408 cm)
Overall Work: L 1.5" x 46.2' (5 cm x 1408 cm)
Series: Diary 1972
Titled, dated, and signed by the artist,
March 15 through October 8, 1972 & November 11 through December 28, 1972
March 15 through October 8, 1972 & November 11 through December 28, 1972
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Photo: © Ken Ohara and Courtesy MIYAKO YOSHINAGA, New York
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Inspired in part by 'Diary of a Century' by Jacques Henri Lartigue whom he met at Avedon Studio, Ken Ohara's 1972 'Self Portrait 365/Diary' features a daily self-portrait which he...
Inspired in part by "Diary of a Century" by Jacques Henri Lartigue whom he met at Avedon Studio, Ken Ohara's 1972 "Self Portrait 365/Diary" features a daily self-portrait which he calls "my inward view of the day" paired with a shot of landscape/figure/still-life ("my outward view of the day") on the same day over the course of eight and a half month. The work, a collection of 35mm contact prints and shown as a miniature folded book, reveals the intimate documentation of himself, his wife, and his inner circle in New York City from March 15 to December 28, 1972, during the volatile era of the early 1970s.
This experimental work is an early prototype of the artist's ongoing "365/Diary" series initiated in 1970; Ohara accomplished his first daily photo journal throughout the year. He began this project again in 1972 after he returned to New York City from a year-long sojourn and was encouraged by Marvin Israel. Unfortunately, he lost contact prints between October and November, and therefore these sections were left blank in this work. In 2000, he restarted the "365" project, and it has continued for 23 years since then without interruption. He names the project by years: "365-part 1" "365- part 2" and so on. Ohara keeps the same format, size, and organization for all 365/Diary projects.
This experimental work is an early prototype of the artist's ongoing "365/Diary" series initiated in 1970; Ohara accomplished his first daily photo journal throughout the year. He began this project again in 1972 after he returned to New York City from a year-long sojourn and was encouraged by Marvin Israel. Unfortunately, he lost contact prints between October and November, and therefore these sections were left blank in this work. In 2000, he restarted the "365" project, and it has continued for 23 years since then without interruption. He names the project by years: "365-part 1" "365- part 2" and so on. Ohara keeps the same format, size, and organization for all 365/Diary projects.