Yamamoto Masao｜Collotype Portfolio 2

This collotype portfolio features works created using the 19th-century photographic technique known as “ambrotype,” a technique that Yamamoto has recently been working on. Also known as wet-plate photography, ambrotypes are characterized by the appearance of negative images as positives when viewed against a black background. This portfolio features three delicate works depicting birds and plants, a flower and driftwood, recreating the unique texture of beautiful, detailed glass negatives. The handmade case contains a sheet stamped with the artist’s signature.

*Signed and numbered by the artist.

YAMAMOTO MASAO
Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1957, he began taking photographs at the age of 16 and, after studying painting, began exhibiting his work using gelatin silver prints. He received acclaim following a solo exhibition in San Francisco in 1994, and has since focused on exhibiting in galleries in Europe and the United States. He currently has a studio on the southern foot of Mount Yatsugatake in Yamanashi Prefecture, where he presents tranquil, poetic photographs and installations featuring nature, still lifes, and people.