September 30, 2009
Muri Kim -- An Underground Photographer, sort of.
Being interested in art that brings light to things/people/events that otherwise goes unnoticed, I am intrigued by the work of Muri Kim. In the above video Muri Kim talks about how she went from wanting to go to Med School to photographing herself nude in abandoned buildings and tunnels throughout New York City.
Not only is she a remarkable photographer, but I admire and respect the amount of thought and precision she puts into her concept and work.
What does adding a nude woman do to these underground dwellings?
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Muri...
viewed your movie and found it eerie and hauntingly beautiful. absolutely fascinating. Years ago, 1968, I traveled to California for the first. we hiked back into Sausalito Hills behind the Golden Gate Bridge and discovered these concrete gun enplacements from WWII. the openings were pointed west, over the Pacific. I was not able to get these images out of my head. tried to write about them, unsuccessfully, til I discovered Gogyohka--five line poems--last fall.
here
only sixty years ago
guns pointed toward the Japanese
now
summer grass turns brown
I spent about a year photographing ghost bridges--manily abandoned railroad bridges--barns and other stone structures in northern westchester.
ghost bridge
in misty frost and morning sun
once again
I don't know
where I am
these poems are from my book, TEXT MESSAGES. if you email your address I will send you a copy. you also check our website:gogyohka.ning.com
and google Enta Kusakabe, the Japanese poet who pioneered this form hope to hear from you....
Peter Fiore
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