Born in Nagano in 1968. He started his professional career in tokyo in 1993, 10 years later relocating his studio to new york city in search of more global opportunities. Specializing in splashing and energetic movements within shots, Shinichi Maruyama’s work is subconsciously influenced by a Japanese sense of beauty His series “nude” has been much discussed since the naked body has always been an object of fascination for art and photography, in this case shows Shinichi abstract figures created by a person dancing naked on camera. Images were achieved not through a long exposure, but through the overlapping individual images. In fact, were thousands of photographs of each of the dancers, in a composition that all they can see is the movement. The bodies of the dancers are lost in an abstract mass lost all traces of humanity, with the exception of some body parts. The interesting thing about these photographs lies in the ability to capture movement in a different way, with a different technique. On the side, Shinichi Maruyama, also made an interesting project of sculptures made with water that is frankly astonishing.
Nude series
The Kusho series, which means as much as "Writing in the Sky" consists of twenty-three large scale colour photographs that represent the interplay of black ink and water, both in midair and on white surfaces.
The phenomenon that Maruyama captures of the two liquids colliding a millisecond before they merge is the result of various actions and devices. The resultant images literally deconstruct the material elements of ink drawing and calligraphy, allowing us to see in extraordinary detail the chemical and physical processes invisible to the naked eye.
Kusho series
Gardens series, according to Maruyama represents the "feeling [he] get[s] from Zen gardens." He goes on to say, "It is its own universe, empowering the visitor to resist temptation, eliminate negative thought and sever the continuous stream of inessential information emanating from the outside world."
Gardens series
The video below compliments the series of images perfectly, showing the water in slow motion. It’s magic when you see things like this slowed down, something your normal eye can’t catch on its own.
I would love to view how he actually got the final photographs, must of took a long time. Anyways, check out the series below, and most importantly the short film underneath this caption.
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