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Analysis Of Untitled By Rinko Kawauchi

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Rinko Kawauchi is a Japanese photographer known for her soft depictions of everyday life. Born in 1972 in Shinga, Japan, Kawauchi studied photography and graphic design at the Seian University of Art and Design. After graduating in 1993, she went on to work as a freelance photographer in advertising. It was during this time that Kawauchi released three photo books, Utatane, Hanabi, and Hanako (2001). The success of the books turned her into a famed photographer. She has sinced released more photobooks, featured in galleries worldwide, and received several awards. Many of her photos feature a pastel color palette, making her otherwise ordinary subjects seem otherworldly. The photo I chose to analyze is Untitled (I-62). A different take on her usual colorful and simple photos, Kawauchi’s Untitled (I-62) presents a scene that for all purposes should be visually unappealing. Instead, the image is eye catching and pleasant, proposing an interesting question: is there beauty in death? The subject of the photo is a dead deer lying on the side of a road. It is a rather gory scene, as a pool of blood and innards surround the deer. Behind the body is a line of trees, and beyond the trees is a bold, blue sky. Like the sky, the color of the grass and the blood is bright. The red is so colorful and textured one might mistake it for paint. The texture of the photograph is soft and fuzzy, a contrast to the gritty gray road that lies underneath the deer. Upon first glance, the photo is

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