You might remember a couple of Podcast episodes that I released last year, in which I covered two photography assignments that I’d done for a client in Paris. The first assignment was to photograph a Lacquer Gatherer, in the Iwate Prefecture, way up north in Japan. This was a four day assignment, including travel. The second assignment was to shoot a Maki-e Craftsman. This was a one day shoot, involving studio lighting etc.
I also licensed four of my images that represent the Four Seasons, as the book was laid out showing Namiki fountain pens, each with beautiful Maki-e art, and as with most things Japanese, the art can be directly linked to the four seasons. I also commissioned a Japanese calligrapher to create almost 60 pieces of art, each consisting of one or two Japanese characters that represent the four seasons, and then one for each pen presented in the [...]
