Thursday, April 18, 2024

Exit H Dreams

Landscape and Nature Photography by Hayata Takeshita

Meet Hayata

Instagram: @hayata.exit.h.travel Etsy: Exit H Dreams

I am Hayata Takeshita and I am a landscape photographer traveling to our wonderful national parks and other public lands. I like to get a dreamlike or otherworldly look to my photographs.

My goal as an artist is to get the same feeling I had when visiting museums in my youth. I spent many vacations visiting museums and lived in New York City for several years where I visited the many museums there.

My artistic style is self-taught, but I have several classical influences from both painting and photography. Painting influences include the Hudson River School which depicted the American landscape in a very attractive way. Tonalism is also an influence where the image is dominated by a single color. Tonalism has a tendency towards the serene and moody which you will see in much of my work.

Photography influences include pictorialism and the Photo Secession movement. Both influences emphasized photography as a creative art form and not simply a documentation of the facts.

While these influences are strong in my work, I do not pursue complete abstraction. I prefer images that are clearly a photograph.

I am based in New Jersey, USA, although I was in California for many years.

Viewings and Recognitions

I am a member of Viewpoint Photographic Art Gallery in Sacramento, California, USA. Here are my recent showings in various venues. The ones in bold have received an award.