The photographs of
Toshio Shibata convey a powerful drama generated by the conflict of natural
forces against man-made structures.
Water spills, crashes, glides, and
pours over walls, sluices, concrete blocks and channels, in an endless gravity-
propelled dance.
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| Kuroiso City, Tochigi Prefecture, 1989 |
Huge structures wind around highways and grasp the hillsides on which they are built.
Using an 8 x 10-inch camera, he eliminates most references to scale, placement, and point of view while providing crisp detail and texture.
Under Shibata’s eye, the man-altered
landscape becomes a mysterious abstract composition in which the shapes and
patterns intrinsic to both the natural and artificial forms becomes visible.
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