Edition Details
This is a C-print on Fuji cyrstal semi-matte paper. Edition sizes are as follows;
11" x 14" - 300 editions at $90.00 each.
16" x 20" - 50 editions at $250.00 each.
24" x 30" - 20 editions at $900.00 each.
30" x 40" - 2 editions at $2000.00 each.
All images come with a numbered certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. Please note that sizes quoted are for the size of the paper, not the image. We do not alter the aspect ratio or edit the artist's original image. All images have a minimum .5 inch white border.
Artist Statement
Haikyo is the Japanese word for abandoned building. But more than that, it has come to represent a whole culture of casual exploration of abandoned sites. Huge online communities have formed in Japan as well as North America and Europe where people post photos of their recent explorations and share information about local sites. Despite being popularly perceived as aloof and inaccessible, I believe that architecture is actually a set of cultural signs that are innately readable by most people. We all have an instinctive understanding of architectural cultural vernacular and can roughly guess a building's era of construction, intended use, etc. Like many photographers, I attempt to use these signs to communicate to the viewer something about our world. In specific, my photographs of ruin and decay discuss the idea of transition. All the photographs depict spaces in transition.
NICO OVED is a documentary photographer interested in constructed spaces and how they reflect the realities of the people who inhabit them. This interest has brought him and his large format camera to far-flung locations ranging from the austere banlieues of Paris to the dynamic hillside favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Though people rarely appear in his photographs, it is in fact the narrative of marginalized communities that ultimately drive his work – for him, their everyday reality is far more compelling than our own. After studying Sociology and Fine Arts in Montréal, Toronto and San Francisco, he taught himself Portuguese and escaped to São Paulo, Brazil where he worked in photography and journalism for pennies, but was nevertheless inexplicably content. Nico strongly believes that photography is first and foremost a communications medium and that its value as a impartial document is still very much relevant and alive. He's not particularly fond of the word photojournalism; he prefers documentary. He is currently working on an exhibition about irregular residences in Brazil and an accompanying self-published book.
