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T

he sepia-tone photographic
style of Michael Kenna is
not new to Birmingham's
Halsted Gallery. But his
images that fill the gallery walls and
cover the pages of his book offer new
perspectives on the darkest depths of
recent Jewish history.
Kenna's book, Impossible to Forget: The
Nazi Camps Fifty Wars After (Nazraeli
Press; S60), presents a single series of
somber sights, all photographed since
1988. His exhibit, Michael Kenna: New
Works, also captures scenes from France
and Easter Island.
"Generally, my work is about the
relationship between the landscape
and human structures," says Kenna,
48, who will be at the gallery 4:30-7
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, to discuss his

affair with the medium, and the possi-
bilities still seem endless."
Kenna photographs what he thinks is
significant, and the concentration camps
represent a powerful and personal jour-
ney. Over 12 years, he made some 6,000
_negatives. A selection of prints will be in
an exhibit touring to U.S. museums.
"In some ways, I feel this work is
the most important that I have ever
done," Kenna says. "At the same time,
I regard it as but a token offering to
Left:
those directly affected.
A guard tower
"I was not there during the time of
at Lublin-
the camps, and I don't think it is pos-
Majdanek in
sible for people coming after to fully
1993, one of
feel the depths of the tragedy.
some 6,000
"Last year, I gave a set of 300 origi-
concentration
nal prints with their respective nega-
camp scenes he
tives and reproduction rights to the
photographed.
Patrimoine Photographique in Paris.
The remaining negatives I gave to the
Museum of Peace in Caen, France."
Kenna, whose ties to Michigan include
pictures and sign books.
a
series
on the Rouge Steel Plant and - -
"I like to photograph in places that have
other images held by the Detroit
atmosphere, places where stories, memo-
Institute of Arts, currently is focusing on
ries and dramas have unfolded over time
and now somehow linger in the present." France, where he is interested in the coast
and 19th century industrial buildings.
Kenna, whose early education at a
He just finished a series on Easter Island.
Catholic seminary in England was
"I say finished with reluctance
aimed at preparation for the priest-
because
I tend to return to places over
hood, decided that the strongest of his
and
over,"
he says. "Nothing is ever the
talents could be realized at the
same twice, and as such, no project is
Banbury School of Art in Oxfordshire,
ever fully finished for me. Subject mat-
England. Photography, he was con-
ter is everywhere. The question is
vinced, allowed him to showcase his
where
to spend the time."Pi
math skills as well as his artistry and
promised more chance of a secure
The photographs of Michael
livelihood than painting.
Kenna will be on display through
"I found photography to be a curi-
Dec. 31 at the Halsted Gallery,
ous mixture of logical thinking and
560 N. Old Woodward,
wild imagination," says Kenna, now a
Birmingham. Regular gallery hours
Californian who loves to walk and
are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-
take pictures. "Landscape photography
Saturdays. (248) 644-8284.
became my hobby and also a means of
self-expression. I never lost my love
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