Carbon ink is the basis of collotype in monochrome. In other words, the contrast of black as a single colour, without mixing with any other colours, is crucial to collotype.

Kohira’s photographs taken with a scanning electron microscope are focused on coals, which is also composed of carbon. Within his work, I can see an infinity of blackness in the coal – as if time has stopped and the world has become silent. Deeply impressed by Kohira’s originality, I would love to present his world of blackness in collotype

– Osamu Yamamoto Master Printer, Benrido Collotype Atelier

Bio

Atsunobu Kohira studied under Giuseppe Penone in Ecole Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in the 2000s. Then, learned media art at Le Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts contemporain and made a study of sound in 2012 as a trainee under the overseas study program of the Agency for Cultural Affair. Currently, while based in France, he is active, participating in various projects in whole Europe. Images courtesy of artist, Yumiko Chiba Associates, Japan and Galerie Maubert, Paris