Yasuko 1

Japan Diaries
Archival pigment print on fine art paper, signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist on verso

“As outside observers, these images explore the dichotomies that embody modern Japan— blurring the aesthetics between tradition and the ultra modern, fantasy and reality. The captivating tableaus exude a sense of tension, melancholy, and a quiet unease. Each image exists as if it were a still taken from a noir Japanese film, each solitary figure yearning for something unknown. Formento & Formento have come a long way in a short time, but they have shown that they live for the journey and it will continue, leading wherever it takes them. They are professional travelers , bringing expertise, imagination and an almost alien gift for absorbing and rendering the spirit of a time and place. William S. Burroughs, who loved to collaborate and who created “the cut up method” with painter Brion Gysin, said that when two minds work together they create a third mind. Here we see that two eyes can create a third eye, and everyone knows that the third eye can see through time and space, showing us things otherwise invisible.” ~Glenn O’Brien"

All available sizes and editions:
30" x 45", Edition of 12 + 2AP's
40" x 60", Edition of 7 + 2AP's
60" x 90", Edition of 3 + 3AP's