Ken Ohara Japanese, b. 1942
with 906, 1998
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 in
50.8 x 40.6 cm
50.8 x 40.6 cm
Series: with
Titled, dated, and signed by the artist on verso
KOH4235
'with' is Ken Ohara’s photographic series of one-hour-exposure portraits of strangers, creating a new identity for each subject in their final form. The traditional evaluations we make of a portrait...
"with" is Ken Ohara’s photographic series of one-hour-exposure portraits of strangers, creating a new identity for each subject in their final form. The traditional evaluations we make of a portrait are lost in the blur of a passing hour. The blurred outlines of a person's head and body take on a new power in their loss of detail, and the surrounding objects that frame each sitter give a context for identity. Ohara’s collective subjects create a wry and melancholy portrait of the absent artist.