I just want to start this off letting you know that I didn't find a lot of information on Michael Kenna, but I found enough.
Michael Kenna was born in Widnes, Lancashire, England in 1953. He currently lives in Seattle Washington. He is now roughly about 57 years old (I could not find his specific birthday). He attended 3 different colleges in England. He went to St Joseph's College in Upholland, Lancashire between 1964-1972. Then from there, he went to Banbury School of Art in Banbury, Oxfordshire between 1972-1973. The last college he went to was the London College of Printing in London, England between 1973-1976.
Over his years of taking photo's he has won awards from around the world. He recieved the Imogen Cunningham Award from San Fransisco, California in 1981. The Art in Public Buildings Award from the California Arts Council Commission in Sacramento in 1987. Then the Institute for Aesthetic Development Award in Pasadena, California in 1989. The Golden Saffron Award in Consuegra, Spain in 1996. The Chevailer of the Order of Arts and Letters from the Ministry of Culture in France in 2000. The last award received was Honorary Master of Arts from the Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara in California.
He doesn't just do his own work, he has also done work for different companies such as:
Volvo, Rolls Royce, Audi, Sprint, Dom Perighan, and the Spanish Touring Board.
Random facts, he visited Japan in 1987, and he took 95 photos while he was there. He works with long exposure times, sometimes lasting up to 10 hours. I like this quote, "you can't always see what is otherwise noticible during the day... with long exposures you can photograph what the human eye is incapable of seeing"- Michael Kenna. The last random fact I have is that he has 18 books that are published to date.
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