Japanese Sensibility in Photographic Practice
Module I: From Komorebi to Koh-Itten
with George Nobechi
Wednesdays from June 7th to 28th, 2023
5:00PM PDT / 7:00 PM CDT / 8:00PM EDT (Asia: Thursdays at 9:00AM JST)
DETAILS
4 x 120min lessons live on Zoom
Limited to 8 students
For Beginners to Advanced Photographers
OVERVIEW
Back due to popular demand and reimagined, inject some quiet energy into your summer photography with four Japanese artistic and photographic concepts taught by photographer George Nobechi. These concepts can be seen and photographed anywhere, and you do not need to be in Japan or be in a Japanese garden to identify them.
Each weekly session will consist of a 50-minute lesson and a 60-minute feedback session, with a 10-minute break in between.
Students will be given three weekly assignments to help them practice the techniques taught in class.
At the end of this class, students should have a good understanding of these four concepts and be able to use them in their photography.
SCHEDULE
June 7th
Lesson I Part I: Participant introductions and group discussion of recent work (please prepare 3 recently photographed images).
Lesson I Part II: Introduction to the four lesson concepts: Komorebi, Koh-Itten, En-kin-ho and Shakkei using examples. A deep dive on komorebi. Homework assignment I will be discussed.
June 14th
Lesson II Part I: Looking at homework assignment from week one and having a group discussion (safe space forum).
Lesson II Part II: A deep dive on koh-itten. Homework assignment II will be discussed.
June 21st
Lesson III Part I: Looking at homework assignment from week two and having a group discussion (safe space forum).
Lesson III Part II: A deep dive on en-kin-ho. Homework assignment III will be discussed.
June 28th
Lesson IV Part I: Looking at homework assignment from week three and having a group discussion (safe space forum).
Lesson IV Part II: A deep dive on shakkei. Final wrap-up.
Lesson Concepts
Komorebi - “the light that leaks through trees”
Koh-Itten - “red, one spot”
En-kin-ho - “far and near perspective”
Shakkei - “borrowed scenery”
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Meet Your Teacher
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George Nobechi
George Nobechi is a Japanese/Canadian photographer born in Tokyo, Japan, who graduated from the University of British Columbia with an Honours B.A. in History with International Relations. He is the Creative Director for Nobechi Creative and for the Karuizawa Foto Fest (kff).
Prior to finding his calling in photography in 2014 through the mentorship of Sam Abell, Kate Breakey, Brett Erickson, Arthur Meyerson and others, he was an equity trader and manager for several major financial institutions. He is best known for his quiet depictions of landscapes and the people who live in them, as seen from his perspective of being simultaneously an insider and outsider in Japan and in the West. His work has been exhibited in solo shows in Italy, Germany, New York, Johnson City, Lincoln, Hastings, Detroit, Buenos Aires and Tokyo.