Syoin Kajii

KAWA

Buddhist monk Kajii made his name with the award-winning work NAMI – Waves – in 2004; the following year he was named Newcomer of the Year by the Photography Society of Japan. KAWA, a book and exhibition at Tokyo's Foil gallery, sees Kajii turn his hypnotic attention to rivers. Every page of this lucid, crystalline series is awe-inspiring. Ultra-real close-ups of splashes, their droplets like pearls; frozen rocks and plants on riverbanks; shimmering surfaces of rivers in rain; the kinetic energy of underwater waves and fish; night-time lights like electric charges, shooting across dark water. With the variety and simplicity of these astonishing images, Kajii has achieved his stated aim of making the act of photography akin to the chanting of a sutra.

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA 065-066 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA 065-066

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA 087-088 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA 087-088

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA 021-022 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA 021-022

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA 045-046 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA 045-046

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA 051-052 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA 051-052

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA 097-098 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA 097-098

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA 049-050 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA 049-050

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA_105_106 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA_105_106

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA_099_100 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA_099_100

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA_077_078 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA_077_078

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA_085_086 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA_085_086

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA_053_054 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA_053_054

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA_039_040 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA_039_040

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA_043_044 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA_043_044

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA_011_012 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA_011_012

Syoin KAJII (*1976, Japan): KAWA_013_014 – Christophe Guye Galerie — KAWA_013_014