Naroshima - architecture details

Kath Fries, Naroshima - architecture details ii, 2011, photograph
On Naroshima art island
Tadao Ando's fabulous architecture
was breath-taking
and the contemporary artworks were astounding

But it was the small details of nature 
against vast minimalist concrete surfaces 
that drew my lens

Kath Fries, Naroshima - architecture details i, 2011, photograph
My research in Japan was made possible by the Japan Foundation and ArtStart grant program.