Half Awake and Half Asleep with Asako Narahashi

Yossi Milo continues to knock ’em out of the park; there’s an opening and book signing at the gallery tonight in Chelsea for Asako Narahashi’...

Yossi Milo continues to knock ’em out of the park; there’s an opening and book signing at the gallery tonight in Chelsea for Asako Narahashi’s water series.

These calm me. I was so riled by those bulls.

From the press release:

Asako Narahashi‘s series half awake and half asleep in the water
is a collection of C-Prints of various coastal sites in Japan. Since
beginning the project in 2001, the artist has photographed over fifty
locations with a Nikonos 35mm waterproof film camera.

Jonanjima, C-Print, 2002

Narahashi floats
chest deep in the ocean while facing back towards the shore, her camera
held half-submerged in the water. By watching the waves without using
the viewfinder, the artist times her pictures according to the swells
of the ocean tide.

Momochi, C-Print, 2003

Mekari, C-Print, 2004

From this vantage point, waves washing against the lens of the camera
create unexpected relationships between water, land and sky. With the
water in the extreme foreground, the ocean dominates the view and
distorts the customary perspectives of bridges, airplanes, buildings
and mountains. The images are suspended in moments of uncertainty,
leaving conflicting sensations of calm and growing apprehension
unresolved.