Halo

Halo by Rinko Kawauchi. First US edition. First printing in new condition. 

About Halo

Halo takes us into a hypnotizing visual journey combining centuries long human and natural rituals. From sacred fire of the Izumo Japanese sanctuary, to hurling of molten iron during the New Year celebrations in Chinese Hebei province. Then to the flocks of birds along the English coasts. Like in Illuminance, Kawauchi offers the same vision of beauty in the details of existence. But in a more spiritual vein alternating between dark atmosphere and explosions of light. The Japanese photographer achieves this journey by a poem and a short text (in French) extending the reflection on these images, metaphors of our current world, between hope and chaos.