Shinichi Maruyama

Written by Pam Blanco

Great work of this japanese artist. His technique is both curious and exquisite... Whit a large photographic career, around four years ago began to focus on conceptual photography. He plays with simple fluids and then take a pic. Everything around is freezing.

For his latest proyect called "Gardens", Maruyama has created a conceptual series of twelve images inspired by the mental and physical endurance necessary to create a Japanese Zen garden. Drawing a line between himself and the monks who maintain Zen gardens in Japan, Maruyama has created surreal compositions by repeatedly throwing tempera paint into the air and then photographing and combining the frozen moments for beautifully balanced, otherworldly and physically powerful images.