ANDRI POL

European visions of Japan are dominated by clichés such as the cherry blossom, the temples, the samurai, the geisha, and Zen. But th is has more to do with European longings and utopian ideals than with todays Japan.The photographer Andri Pol (*1961) has visited t he Japanese Islands over many years and he has taken pictures strictly avoiding any such soft-focus clichés. Fascinated and irritate d at the same time, Pol casts a sharp eye on the reality of Japan beyond European projections of the Far East. Even though he cant completely ...[Read more]