Fumihiko Kato “The Pleasure of Stone - Across the Distance of a Millennium”

Kyoto Museum Of Photo Photography (Gallery Artisan Japanesque)

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The medieval churches and castles in Europe are full of captivating glamour for the modern sensibility. Passing through Normandy in 1986, the Japanese photographer who had been a life-long lover of wooden buildings, encountered a well-kept ruin of a monastery dating back to 1067, a year after the Norman Conquest. Immediately Fumihiko Kato was hooked by the majestic beauty of the Norman-Romanesque architecture. Ever since then, he has been deepening the excitement and affection he felt then, visiting various stone buildings in Italy, France, England and Scotland, all built between the 5th and the 15th centuries.
Out of the twenty-two full-color works on show this time, only one depicts an ancient castle.