1839 Contemporary Gallery, Taipei is featuring "Resonance," the works by photographer Yumiko Izu. It is from the renowned series “Secret Garden” and “Faraway” by the photographer.The images in “Secret Garden” are an exploration of the ephemeral beauty of flowers, depicting them in various stages of their life cycle. The images in “Faraway” are to search the interaction between life and death, of which has been long perished. The juxtapositions of the two series of works drew us into the rhythms of life, an interplay of lives and lives once lived.Yumiko Izu has studied arts at the Visual Arts School in her hometown, Osaka, Japan and later, she moved to the United States to obtain her B.A. from the Brooks Institute of Photography, California. She relocated to Manhattan, New York in 1998 and worked as a commercial and editorial photographer before launching her fine-art career in 2003, using 8x10 and 11x14 large-format cameras and the platinum/palladium printing process. Since 2008, Izu has been producing large-scale pigment prints.1839 Contemporary Gallery has been exhibiting photography since its inception in 1839. To get more people interested in the photography, appreciation, and understanding of photographs, they have located in home country (Taiwan) and connecting Taiwan and abroad photographic arts into global marketing.The exhibition is on view through November 19, 2017, at 1839 Contemporary Gallery, B1, No. 120 Yanji Street, Da’an District, Taipei City 106, Taiwan.For details, visit: http://english.1839cg.com/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
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