Cherry Blossom by Kazumasa Exhibition Shao Mi the deliberate spatial relationships and

the deliberate spatial relationships and fine graphic detail of Hu's composition are preserved with full clarity and precision

color relationships

The deep blue palette turns a clinical subject into something closer to a still life: layered

It is intimate in scale but monumental in execution

Cherry Blossom by Kazumasa Exhibition Shao Mi the deliberate spatial relationships andCherry Blossom comes from the hand coloured photographic work of Ogawa Kazumasa, a Meiji era Japanese photographer and publisher who pioneered the collotype printing process in Japan. Best known for his flower photography, including the portfolio Lilies of Japan, Kazumasa used delicate hand tinting to bring a painterly quality to photographic prints of blossoms and landscapes a rare bridge between documentary photography and decorative art. As an