TEHRAN. (HONARONLINE) – Veteran Japanese photographer says he was surprised to see that so many historical houses in Iran were renovated with a small budget.
A selection of photos by U.S. based Japanese photographer Kenro Izu are on view in an exhibition at Tehran’s Nabshi Center until 1 November. The collection includes photos from his series Sacred Places, Still Life and Blue.
Izu was born in Osaka, Japan. He moved to New York in 1970 to study photography, and subsequently decided to stay and work there.
In 1979, Izu made his first trip to Egypt, which inspired him to begin his series Sacred Places, an exploration that is still in progress. As he continued his series, Izu traveled to Egypt, Syria, Jordan, England, Scotland, Mexico, France and Easter Island (Chile) to capture the sacred ancient stone monuments in their natural settings.
Izu has been the recipient of the New York Foundation for Arts grant in 1985, the Catskill Center for Photography Fellowship in 1992, the Lou Stouman Award in 1999, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2001, the Vision Award from the Center for Photography at Woodstock in 2005 and a Lucie Award in 2007.



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Japanese photographer Kenro Izu.