Following last month’s monochrome exhibition, we present the second edition of the EMON Director’s Choice series, introducing pieces as rare as they are mesmerizing.The exhibition includes the photographs of Hideo Tobita, each one the only one that has, and will, ever exist. As well as the photographs of David Fokos, of which only the artist proofs remain.

David Fokos resides in San Diego and is renowned for his monochrome photographs with long exposure times. He meticulously removes all trace of artefact and noise to create monochromatic scenes of tranquillity. The resulting works intimately resonate with the Japanese aesthetic concept of wabi-sabi, roughly defined as a kind of “elegance in imperfect simplicity”. David’s works have received great acclaim of late, and 3 of the medium pieces on display at EMON are the artist proofs and sole remaining prints.

Tobita hand-makes miniature dioramas of scenes inspired by his love of film, takes a single polaroid photograph, and then destroys the diorama. We present what are literally one-of-a-kind pieces, created via Tobita’s unique process of capturing the truly ephemeral.

We gladly extend the opportunity to view Naoki Kimura’s masterful use of the analog gelatin silver print. In particular the larger 930 x 930 size that is so difficult to produce in today’s largely digital climate, is all the more beautiful thanks to its rarity and the complexity of the creative process.

Courtesy of Emon Photo Gallery