Gardens of Kyoto Series #1

From the spring of 1979, through the summer of 1991, I spent four months of each year, in different seasons, photographing the temples and gardens of Kyoto.

 

My concern was not to merely document the rich, cultural heritage that these gardens represent, but to pursue the inner, hidden reality, the very essence of beauty that embraces the symbolic and sacred realm of the gardeners art. I chose to photograph with an 8-by-10 view camera, because it interprets the gardens with unparalleled precision.

 

These images comprise the first, of an estimated twelve portfolios, that will eventually be released, of this work.