01 / 2014
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LIGHT NEXT TO THE DARK
The opening inside the picture
View the full work seriesKOCHI, JAPAN
SINCE 2006
Opening Light
in the Dark.
Using pinhole cameras and camera obscura,
Meisai Okamoto explores pinhole photography, light, darkness, vision, apparatus and how images appear.
Based in Kochi, Japan. Working since 2006.
SELECTED / 01—03
Three projects to begin with
02 / 2024
部屋に空をうつす
Projecting the Sky into a Room
A landscape without a clear outline
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The Apparatus Makes the Image.
/Camera & Process
Truck beds, rooms and openings in buildings.
Turning space itself into a photographic apparatus.
ABOUT THE WORK
Not only what is photographed,
but how it appears.
What does it mean to see?
Based in Kochi, Japan, Meisai Okamoto creates works using pinhole cameras and camera obscura.
What Is a Pinhole Camera?Profile, exhibitions & reviewsExhibitions & Activities
/Exhibitions
Pinhole Camera Extended
kanzan gallery, Tokyo
Camera Obscura Exhibition
TAO gallery, Kochi
A 3-DAY BUILDING PHOTO EXHIBITION
South harimaya Building, Kochi