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.
- “Still Standing – Fort Hancock,” Visual Arts Center of New Jersey Members Show, June 16th to June 25th, 2023
- “Myself Away – Historic Folsom Truss Bridge,” KVIE Art Auction 2021, October 1st to October 3rd, 2021
- “Myself Away – Historic Folsom Truss Bridge,” Crocker Art Museum, Celebrating 30th Anniversary of Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, May 13th to August 1st, 2021
- “Coastal Milky Way,” First Place, Landscape Category, KVIE Art Auction 2020, October 2nd to October 4th, 2020
- “X Marks a Great Photo Spot” at PHONEOGRAPHY: Beyond the Selfie, Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, May 5th to June 6th, 2020.
- “Coastal Milky Way,” Second Place, General Division (Open) End of Year Honors, Sierra Camera Club of Sacramento, 2019
- “Golden Gate Bridge Evening,” 2019 KVIE Art Auction, October 4th to October 6th, 2019
- “Coastal Milky Way,” Honorable Mention, 2019 North American International Competition
- “Coastal Milky Way,” July Image of the Night General Division, Sierra Camera Club of Sacramento, July 9, 2019
- “Under the Fog” at Members Exhibit, Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, July 9th to August 3th, 2019.
- “Golden Gate Bridge Evening,” April Image of the Night General Division, Sierra Camera Club of Sacramento, April 9, 2019
- “Hazy Sierra Foothills” at “Work of Art,” Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, December 4th to January 5th, 2018
- “Hazy Sierra Foothills,” Juror Award at 2018 KVIE Art Auction, October 5th to October 7th, 2018
- “Death Valley Sliver” at Members Exhibit, Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, July 10th to August 4th, 2018.
- “Death Valley Sliver” in Sacramento Magazine, July 2018, page 90.
- “Sparkling Wings” at “Picturing the Parkway: Celebrating the American River Parkway in Photographs,” Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, September 5th to October 7th, 2017