New Book "Perimeter: A Contemporary Portrait of Lake Michigan"
Wisconsin Historical Society Press announces a book of photographs by Kevin J. Miyazak
Book cover image of Perimeter: A Contemporary Portrait of Lake Michigan
For Immediate Release - September 9, 2014
MADISON, WIS. — Photographer Kevin J. Miyazaki's images are worth 1,800 miles, the distance he traveled around Lake Michigan to capture the water and the people who use it -- a project showcased in his new Wisconsin Historical Society Press book, "Perimeter: A Contemporary Portrait of Lake Michigan".
Miyazaki was commissioned by Marquette University's Haggerty Museum of Art to portray the lake and capture its importance for communities and individuals along the shoreline. He defines that importance through a series of portraits of the water and of the people who use it, from surfers and environmentalists to fishermen and swimmers.
To capture each portrait, Miyazaki set up a portable studio along the lakeshore in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. Many of those he photographed shared their thoughts on why the lake is so important and intriguing to them. The diverse subjects he captured against his black backdrop raise unique voices above the waves of the vast lake that connects them all.
Miyazaki also photographed the water as he went, creating waterscapes of the ever-changing lake affected by weather and time.
Mary Louise Schumacher, art and architecture critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, writes in the book's foreword that the book is a "wonderfully perceptive interrogation of landscape, portraiture, cartography, and place." With 140 stunning color photos and a map of photographed locations, Miyazaki's book expertly reflects the natural beauty of Lake Michigan and its admirers.
About the Author
Kevin J. Miyazaki is a Milwaukee-based editorial and fine art photographer. His work has appeared in such publications as Martha Stewart Living, Travel + Leisure, Midwest Living, and The New York Times Magazine. His series "Camp Home," in which he documents the reuse of Japanese internment camp barracks from World War II, has been exhibited at the Photo Center NW and SOIL Gallery in Seattle, the RayKo Photo Center in San Francisco, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and the James Watrous Gallery in Madison. Miyazaki's work can be seen at www.kevinmiyazaki.com.
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For a review copy of "Perimeter," to interview the author, or for more information, please contact:
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